Greatly appreciate if any one can help me with this small programming challenge for a newbie.
Write a program segment with a do-while loop that asks the user to enter a number.
The loop should keep a running total of the numbers entered and stop when total is greater than 300.
Please post what you've tried so we can tell you where your error is. Welcome aboard
I really dont have a clue..this is as far as i could get.
thanks
jj
int main()
{
int num, total;
num = 0;
while (num <= 300);
{
cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> num;
total += num;
num++;
}
return 0;
}
Write a program segment with a do-while loop
your program does not do that. You used a while loop, not a do-while loop. Otherwise the rest of your program looks ok.
I changed it to a do while loop. Not getting anywhere. My output is down below.
//PRE-PROCESSOR DIRECTIVES
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
//MAIN FUNCTION
int main()
{
int num, total;
num = 0;
do
{
cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> num;
total += num;
num++;
}while (num <= 300);
return 0;
}//OUTPUT
/*
Enter a number: 2
Enter a number: 2
Enter a number:
*/
probably because you need to add a line between lines 15 and 16 that removed the '\n' (the Enter key) from the keyboard buffer. The easiest way to do that is to use ignore() method
cin.ignore();There are cases where the above won't fix the problem, but if all you type after the digits is the Enter key then the above will work.
I tried it still doesnt work. i think the logic must be wrong. The loop should keep a running total of the numbers entered and stop when total is greater than 300
int main()
{
int num, total, x;
num = 0;
do
{
cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> num;
cin.ignore();
total += num;
num++;
}while (num <= 300);
return 0;
}//OUTPUT
/*
Enter a number: 1
Enter a number: 2
Enter a number: 3
Enter a number:
*/
The loop should keep a running total of the numbers entered
It does that
and stop when total is greater than 300
Look at the end of the do-while loop -- it is testing the wrong variable. Variable num just simply counts the number of entries made, so you would have to enter over 300 numbers before that loop stops. :-O The condition should be based on total, which is the sum of all previously numbers entered.
i finally got it work. had to make a couple of adjustments. thanks
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