Has anyone started on COMP115 Assigment 1? I need help! (3 Viewers)

[TheDreamer]

So, Orange Juice, you've almost finished? I still get the same ouput to everything I input. Can you help me?

About the marking scheme, I think they only want the dimensions-46 586 and output-P4

 

[boinkBOINK]

ive got it now~ =p
anyone trying the bonus?

 

[Rahul]

Originally posted by TheDreamer
Uh sorry pb, don't know how to help you there hehe

Anyways, I get the same output as Orange Juice!! It's very frustrating isn't it? Well, might as well put down an example here so you guys can actually see what I'm missing.
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#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main()
{

int month,December,August,September;

cout<<"Enter the month of your birthdate"<<endl;
cin>>December>>August>>September>>month;
if(month=December)
cout<<"If you were born in December,it is Summer "<<endl;
else if(month=August)
cout<<"If you were born in August,it is Winter." <<endl;
else if (month=September)
cout<<"If you were born in September, it is Spring."<<endl;


system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
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In this case, I keep getting" If you were born in December,it is Summer" .

You can copy the above eg. and test it out yourself.

NOTE: Just realised the computer doesn't even like me. The code on this posted message is DIFFERENT to my original. If any of you guys can help me, please give me your email address, and I'll send it to you there. It shouldn't mess up then. Thanks heaps.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string> //header for strings

int main()
{

string month; //cannot use type int [integer] when dealing with characters

cout<<"Enter the month of your birthdate"<<endl;
cin>>month; //cannot command in 4 variables without outputting anything. 
                       //it also didnt make any sense to use a variable for december, sept, etc. you only need one variable 'month' to compare.
if(month == "December")  //when testing whether something is equal to something else use == instead of just =, which is used to designate a value.
cout<<"If you were born in December,it is Summer  "<<endl;
else if(month =="August")
cout<<"If you were born in August,it is Winter." <<endl;
else if (month =="September")
cout<<"If you were born in September, it is Spring."<<endl;
 

      system("PAUSE");
      return 0;
}

firstly, for such stages it is best to use an option in the question.
like...
what month were you born in?
a) January
b) August
c) September

people can make mistakes easily by guessing or by spelling.

also you should have a test for if none of your correct options are matched, it shows a "sorry, please try again statement." to code that, you need to learn a bit more. [linking modules, what you might not have done.]

 

[jlh]

can someone test out my programs??
http://home.bigblue.net.au/greggy/apps/optimize.exe
http://home.bigblue.net.au/greggy/apps/optimize_bonus.exe


thanks!!

 

[Orange Juice]

greggy i think youve got the first one... teach us all!!!


dreamer... pm me your problem... im only a newbie at this so theres no guarantees i can help at all

 

[MicK_eT]

is it bad if the line of a code thingy goes over that vertical grey line thing in the DEV program thingy?

 

[TheDreamer]

Orange J. Guess what!! I'm pathetic at C ++. So you can't be worse than me. lol

To Mick_et, don't think it matters. But if you're writing a code, it seems a bit loooonnnnggg.... If you're commenting, probably best to fit in it, so the markers don't have to scroll right.
That grey line, by the way, just the edge of printing A4.

 

[jlh]

Originally posted by Orange Juice
greggy i think youve got the first one... teach us all!!!

msn me

 

[pb]

i did it! i did it!!! I've finished the assignment! haha me so happy! of course... jlh helped me haha... but i get it now and i've done it! woo hoo!

 

[jlh]

does anyone know what ENCRAPTION is??

hahaha!!

 

[bong]

lol!!

hey, wat did u guys set as the output if some idiot decides to put a zero in the input?

 

[pb]

haha... throughout all the assignment pages, they have pretty bad grammar.

Oh yeh lol bong... i didn't even think of that. Mine comes out as P1 and I'm gonna leave it like that cuz whoever puts 0 is an idiot.

 

[jlh]

oh yeah i didn't consider a zero input.. oh no!!

 

[jlh]

ok now its taken care off..
thanks for the tip bong.... for your help i'll post what i put if the user inputs zero's:

       if (dimension1<=0 || dimension2<=0)
          cout <<"please input values that do not equal zero or are negative numbers!" <<endl;

 

[jlh]

or should the message say "NOT IN STOCK"??

 

[Orange Juice]

how many lines is everyones if statements?

 

[jlh]

looks like submit has been changed again..

there is a different link to submit the bonus (bonus_optimize.cpp) file...

damn stupid chris and all these changes...

 

[jlh]

mines 50 lines.. but with spaces between the if/else if statements...

 

[jlh]

just a question...
does anyone have any output (( "<<cout" )) message when the open the .exe file??

i mean is it just meant to have a blank screen thats awaiting for input from the user...

OR

are you meant to have something like "enter the dimensions of the plank...:"

 

[bong]

from the faq page, we dont have to worry about negatives, and no user prompts, so the only output will be either not in stock or a size, but a zero? lol,

yeh, 50 lines, all spaced out