Divide User Input by 2 Until 1

[Glaven]

Hii,,

I need to make a program that takes in a user’s number and keep dividing it by 2 until it is 1.I need to display the division steps

i'm kinda new to c++ and i do not know how to keep making it divide by 2 until 1

i tired this but it obviously did not work..

some help? :x

code:

//Assignment 21 Program 4
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {

//User Input

int input,total;

cout <<"Enter A Number To Be Divided By 2 Until 1" << endl << endl;
cout <<"Number: ";
cin >> input;
cout << "" <<endl;


do 

{
total=input/2;
cout <<input<<"/2= ";
cout <<total<<endl;
break;
} while (!input==1);

system ("pause");
return 0;
} 

[Moschops]

} while (!input==1);

In C++, the not-equals logical test is !=, so try

} while (input!=1);

Anyway, you're testing the variable input. But you never change that variable. What is the variable total for? It's useless here. Remove it, and do your division operations on input.

[NathanOliver]

You also need to get rid of line 23. that will force you out of the loop on the first iteration which is not what you want.

[Glaven]

I changed the do loop , but it only does it once , what do i need to do to change it to keep going until the total is 1.

[Moschops]

We're not psychic. Show us the loop and we'll tell you what the mistake is.

[Glaven]

Heres the new code:


//Assignment 21 Program 4
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
//User Input
int input;
int total=0;
cout <<"Enter A Number To Be Divided By 2 Until 1" << endl << endl;
cout <<"Number: ";
cin >> input;
cout << "" <<endl;
do 
{
cout <<input/2<<endl;
} while (input > 1);
system ("pause");
return 0;
} 

[NathanOliver]

You need to actually change input every loop. You can do that by using input /= 2; after line 17.