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Starholdest · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bartender Paradox

You can do it with just a char. Yes starts with a y. When you cin >> tax_option it writes just the first letter of what ever was entered to tax_option. So if the input is yes or y tax_option will still get the value y. Of course if the user entered yes, the e and the s would still be in the input buffer. Since you are restarting the program it would probably be beneficial to clear the input buffer. You can do that by using cin.ignore(5, 'n') where the 5 indicates how many characters you would like to ignore, and the 'n' is alternatively what character you would like to stop on. So cin.ignore(5, 'n') says ignore the next five characters or up until the newline character, which ever comes first. Hope that helps

Thank you, but I still haven't figured out how to do the while loop. My question is 4 posts above.

rabidgnome229 · 02-22-08

Code:

int main ()   
{
    do{
    cout << "How much money do you want to convert?: ";
    cin >> money;
    cout << "Do you want to calculate tax? (y/n): ";
    cin >> tax_option;
    
    if(tax_option == 'y')
    {
           cout << "What % is the tax?: ";
           cin >> tax_number;  
    }

    convert_money(money, tax_number, tax_option);
    
    do{
        cout << "nnDo you want to restart? (y/n): ";
        cin >> quit;
    }while(quit != 'y' && quit != 'n');
    }while(quit == 'y');
}

The do while around the restart prompt forces them to type y or n

FearMeansControl · 02-22-08

... speaking of currency converters, OS X has one in the dashboard ^_^

Next time I hit a code snag, I'm gonna ask here, this coding section is so active..

hometoast · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by FearMeansControl

... speaking of currency converters, OS X has one in the dashboard ^_^

Next time I hit a code snag, I'm gonna ask here, this coding section is so active..

and if you're online, Google's got one too: 149.99 USD in GBP

Starholdest · 02-22-08

Thanks for all your help guys. I know Google has one like this online...but this was just a test.

I don't really see any big uses for C++...could someone name some to me? :S

The Bartender Paradox · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starholdest

Thanks for all your help guys. I know Google has one like this online...but this was just a test.

I don't really see any big uses for C++...could someone name some to me? :S

Big things like Operating systems, office suites, engineering tools, etc.

rabidgnome229 · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starholdest

Thanks for all your help guys. I know Google has one like this online...but this was just a test.

I don't really see any big uses for C++...could someone name some to me? :S

Are you serious? It has all of the speed, efficiency, and low-levelness of C and all of the advantages and simplicity that Object-oriented languages such as Java give.

hometoast · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starholdest

Thanks for all your help guys. I know Google has one like this online...but this was just a test.

I don't really see any big uses for C++...could someone name some to me? :S

what good is it? you use it to write programs... ANY program.

Starholdest · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by hometoast

what good is it? you use it to write programs... ANY program.

Can it be used to write programs that aren't DOS based? I hope that made some sense...

rabidgnome229 · 02-22-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starholdest

Can it be used to write programs that aren't DOS based? I hope that made some sense...

You can use a compiler to compile the C code into machine code. Machine code is binary code that can be executed by the CPU directly.

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