RE: [Dev-C++] temperture converter problem-help needed

[<jos...@ya...>]

Hi,

Not only removing the ";" but you have to replace the 2nd "if" for an
"else if". Then everything should be OK.

Chemanuel

--- Igor_Pierœciñski <igo...@po...> escribió: >
Hi,
>  
> If you remove the ";" after else than your program should work
> the way you  want. You could also change your program
> so that you do the reading of data in a loop.
> 
> 
> Regards 
> 
> Igor Pierscinski
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J R [ mailto:ray...@ya...
> <mailto:ray...@ya...> ]
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:50 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> <mailto:dev...@li...> 
> Subject: [Dev-C++] temperture converter problem-help needed
> 
> 
> 
> ok I'm trying to make a simple celcius, farenheit converter.  I want
> it to
> ask which you want to convert to, what temperature, and then convert.
>  I
> already have everything working prefectly except that I ask the user
> to type
> in what to convert to.  The way I have it if they type 1 it converts
> celcius
> to farenheit and 2 farenheit to celcius.  Now heres the problem.  I
> want it
> so that if a user types any number but 1 or 22 it says "invalid
> entry"  I
> have that working too but if  the user picks to type in 1 to convert
> celcius
> to farenheit right after he puts in his number it converts it and
> then says
> invalid entry.  I dont want it to say invalid entry there.  Only if
> the user
> types in something besides 1 or 2.  Heres the code any help would be
> great.
> 
>  
> 
> #include <iostream>
> #include <string>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> using namespace std;
> 
> int main()
> {
> while(1)
> {
> string type;
> 
> cout << "Would you like to convert to Celcius or Farenheit?" <<endl;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "1. Farenheit" <<endl;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "2. Celcius" <<endl;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cin >>type;
> 
> if (type== "1")
> {
> unsigned short int tempc;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "Please enter the Celcius temperature you wish to
> convert."<<endl;
> cin>> tempc;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> unsigned short int degreefarenheit=tempc*9/5+32;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "Temperature in Farenheit:" << degreefarenheit <<endl;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> }
> if (type== "2")
> {
> unsigned short int tempf;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "Please enter the farenheit temperature you wish to
> convert."<<endl;
> cin >> tempf;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> unsigned short int degreecelcius=tempf-32*5/9;
> cout << " " <<endl;
> cout << "Temperature in Celcius:" << degreecelcius <<endl;
> cout &l! t;< " " <<endl;
> }
> else;
> {
> cout << "Invalid entry please try again" <<endl;
> }
> system("PAUSE");
> }
> return 0;
> }
> 
> 
>  
> 
> If you could rewrite it for me or just tell me what I did wrong it
> would be
> greatly appreciated.  
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> J
> 
> 
> 
> 
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