weird FOR LOOP problem

[Bo]

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

I used visual c++ 6.0

Damn it took me four hours to catch this. Of course, my original code
is whole lot more complicated.

Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

[Stuart Golodetz]

"Bo" <sn*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:4f******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}
It shouldn't even compile. On VC++ 6, it gives a warning (frankly, it should
give an error, but it's better than nothing). Why did you ignore the
following:

warning C4518: 'double ' : storage-class or type specifier(s) unexpected
here; ignored

?

Just out of curiosity...

FWIW, the reason the values never increase is that a and b are both of type
int. If you add 0.1 to an int, what do you get? The same int back again,
hence the problem you're experiencing.
This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}
It should do.
I used visual c++ 6.0

Damn it took me four hours to catch this. Of course, my original code
is whole lot more complicated.
And the moral of this story is: read compiler warnings, understand them, and
act on them. If you can't find the bugs your compiler is telling you about,
you'll never find the really nasty, obscure ones. The warnings are there for
a reason (well, except the one about truncation of long identifiers in the
debugger, which is a really pointless warning).
Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

Yes. It's entirely off-topic in a C++ language newsgroup, however. You want
to ask this in microsoft.publi c.vc.language. FWIW:

<OT>
Look up "CreateConsoleS creenBuffer" in MSDN and check out the related
"Console Functions" (link at the bottom of the page).
</OT>

HTH,

Stuart.

[Attila Feher]

Buster Copley wrote:

Bo wrote:

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

That's a syntax error.

That is not a syntax error. It is a semantic error. i+a+b is not a string.
But the C++ language syntax does not care about the format string.

This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

Yes.

Yes what?

I used visual c++ 6.0

Damn it took me four hours to catch this. Of course, my original code
is whole lot more complicated.

Why are you telling us this?

Because he needs help?

Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

Who cares?

Apparently you don't. So why don't you just go back to whatever you did
before you came in here to insult people?

--
Attila aka WW

[Attila Feher]

Bo wrote:

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b ); [SNIP]

The type of the expression i+a+b is double. You try to print a string (type
chat *). You are lucky it does not crash. Use the printf format
appropriate for floating point numbers, not the %s.
Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

Please post this question to a Windows programming newsgroup. This one is
only for the standard C++ language.

--
Attila aka WW

[Attila Feher]

Attila Feher wrote:

Bo wrote:

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );

[SNIP]

The type of the expression i+a+b is double. You try to print a
string (type chat *). You are lucky it does not crash. Use the
printf format appropriate for floating point numbers, not the %s.

Correction: Read Stuarts answer. I have apparently skipped the head of the
for loop.

--
Attila aka WW

[ES Kim]

"Bo" <sn*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:4f******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

[snip]

This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

It works forever.

[snip]

--
ES Kim

[Buster Copley]

Attila Feher wrote:

Buster Copley wrote:

Bo wrote:

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}
That's a syntax error.

That is not a syntax error. It is a semantic error. i+a+b is not a string.
But the C++ language syntax does not care about the format string.

The compiler knows the syntax of a declaration, though.

This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

Yes.

Yes what?

Yes it works, I meant, although as ES Kim has pointed out, the loop
variable is never incremented and the loop never exits.

I used visual c++ 6.0

Damn it took me four hours to catch this. Of course, my original code
is whole lot more complicated.

Why are you telling us this?

Because he needs help?

Then he shouldn't post this nonsense code for no reason then ask an
unrelated and off-topic question.

Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

Who cares?

Apparently you don't. So why don't you just go back to whatever you did
before you came in here to insult people?

What insult, exactly?
--
Attila aka WW

[White Wolf]

Buster Copley wrote:
[SNIP]

Why are you telling us this?

Because he needs help?

Then he shouldn't post this nonsense code for no reason then ask an
unrelated and off-topic question.

Because he need help?

Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your
project
is "win32 application"?

Who cares?

Apparently you don't. So why don't you just go back to whatever you
did before you came in here to insult people?

What insult, exactly?

Read your lines again. And read the FAQ on how to respond to off-topic _if_
you respond at all. So far it is the charter and the FAQ which tells what
can be posted here.

--
WW aka Attila

[Buster Copley]

White Wolf wrote:

Buster Copley wrote:
[SNIP]

Why are you telling us this?

Because he needs help?
Then he shouldn't post this nonsense code for no reason then ask an
unrelated and off-topic question.

Because he need help?

As far as I can see the guy's a troll. His post is ridiculous, so I
guess I did ridicule it a little. To the OP, if you were serious,
sorry for my misinterpretati on, and please read the FAQ before posting.

Mr Feher, if you're still annoyed that I disagreed with your reply to
another post today then say so. Otherwise calm down.

>Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your
>project
>is "win32 application"?

Who cares?

Apparently you don't. So why don't you just go back to whatever you
did before you came in here to insult people?

What insult, exactly?

Read your lines again. And read the FAQ on how to respond to

off-topic _if_ you respond at all.
I read my lines, all four of them. I still don't see an insult.

This newsgroup is a public forum. I'll write what I please. I thought
"Who cares?" was appropriate for an off-topic question, even if it is
supremely unhelpful. It's not much worse than "Do it yourself." [FAQ
5.3]. "Go back to whatever you did before you came in here" I find
offensive, but I support your right to say it if you must.
So far it is the charter and the FAQ which tells what
can be posted here.

OK.
Buster

[Bo]

yeah, I forgot the i++.

Sorry for introducing these erraneously bad examples. Regardless of
its erraneous syntax, I still don't see the for loop prob.

Thanks.

"Stuart Golodetz" <sg*******@dial .pipex.com> wrote in message news:<3f******* *************** *@news.dial.pip ex.com>...

"Bo" <sn*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:4f******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...

When I had this code, a and b's value never increases.

for( int i=0, double a=0.0, double b=0.0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

It shouldn't even compile. On VC++ 6, it gives a warning (frankly, it should
give an error, but it's better than nothing). Why did you ignore the
following:

warning C4518: 'double ' : storage-class or type specifier(s) unexpected
here; ignored

?

Just out of curiosity...

FWIW, the reason the values never increase is that a and b are both of type
int. If you add 0.1 to an int, what do you get? The same int back again,
hence the problem you're experiencing.

This works, however:

double a=0.0, b=0.0;

for( int i=0 ; i<100; a+=0.1, b+=0.2 )
{
printf( "%s\n", i+a+b );
}

It should do.

I used visual c++ 6.0

Damn it took me four hours to catch this. Of course, my original code
is whole lot more complicated.

And the moral of this story is: read compiler warnings, understand them, and
act on them. If you can't find the bugs your compiler is telling you about,
you'll never find the really nasty, obscure ones. The warnings are there for
a reason (well, except the one about truncation of long identifiers in the
debugger, which is a really pointless warning).

Is there a way to print text to a console window even if your project
is "win32 application"?

Yes. It's entirely off-topic in a C++ language newsgroup, however. You want
to ask this in microsoft.publi c.vc.language. FWIW:

<OT>
Look up "CreateConsoleS creenBuffer" in MSDN and check out the related
"Console Functions" (link at the bottom of the page).
</OT>

HTH,

Stuart.