Help!!!

[KRal]

I am trying to get this program to return a value, but it will not work. Can anyone help?

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#include <iostream>
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#include <iomanip>
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using namespace std;
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int number_right (char let1, char let2, char let3, char let4, char let5, char let6);
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int main ()
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{
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char let1 = 0, let2 = 0, let3 = 0, let4 = 0, let5 = 0, let6 = 0;
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//call test function
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number_right (let1, let2, let3, let4, let5, let6);
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}
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int number_right (char let1, char let2, char let3, char let4, char let5, char let6) /*function for number_right with six characters taken. Will
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return the number of chacter pairs that are a match*/
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{
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int set1 = 0; //setting set1 as a int, set at 0
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int set2 = 0; //setting set2 as a int, set at 0
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int set3 = 0; //setting set3 as a int, set at 0
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cout << "Please enter six characters.\n"; //promt the user to enter in six characters
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cin >> let1 >> let2 >> let3 >> let4 >> let5 >> let6; //user enters six characters
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if (let1 == let4) //if the first and fourth characters entered by the user are the same
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{
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cout << "The first letter is a match.\n"; //will cout notifying user that the numbers are a match
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set1 = set1 + 1; //add one to set1 if the characters are the same
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}
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if (let2 == let5) //if the second and fifth characters entered by the user are the same
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{
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cout << "The second letter is a match.\n"; //will cout notifying user that the numbers are a match
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set2 = set2 + 1; //add one to set2 if the characters are the same
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}
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if (let3 == let6) //if the third and sixth characters entered by the user are the same
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{
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cout << "The third letter is a match.\n"; //will cout notifying user that the numbers are a match
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set3 = set3 + 1; //add one to set3 if the characters are the same
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}
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else //if the characters do not match each other
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{
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cout << "There is no match.\n"; //advising the user that the characters do not match
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}
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return (set1 + set2 + set3); //returning the additions of set1, set2 and set 3. This will return the correct amount of pairs matched
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}

[Clinton Portis]

I don't have a compiler on me' laptop here.. but at first glance everything seems to look ok...

Q: how do you know it's not returning the proper value? I see no evidence of any output to determine the return value of number_right( ).

[KRal]

No matter what letter combo I do, it returns a no match.

[Clinton Portis]

Ok hombre, let's try this again...

just compile this code and tell me what displays on your DOS console:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std; 

int number_right (char let1, char let2, char let3, char let4, char let5, char let6);  

int main ()
{	

     int matches = 0;	

     char let1 = 0, let2 = 0, let3 = 0, 
          let4 = 0, let5 = 0, let6 = 0;      
     
     cout << "Enter 6 characters:  ";
     cin >> let1 >> let2 >> let3 >> let4 >> let5 >> let6;

     matches = number_right (let1, let2, let3, let4, let5, let6);
     
     cout << "\n\nThere are " << matches << " matches."; 

return 0;
} 

int number_right (char let1, char let2, char let3, char let4, char let5, char let6)	
{

     int set1 = 0, set2 = 0, set3 = 0; 

     if (let1 == let4) 
     {		
          cout << "The first letter is a match.\n"; 
          set1++; 
     }	
     else if (let2 == let5) 
     {		
          cout << "The second letter is a match.\n"; 
          set2++; 
     }		
     else if (let3 == let6) 
     {			
          cout << "The third letter is a match.\n"; 
          set3++; 
     }		
     else 		
     {			
          cout << "There is no match.\n"; 
     } 	

     return (set1 + set2 + set3);
}

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