entering specific amount of integers

[gfanning23]

I am trying to write the code so it only enters a specific amount of numbers to average using a sentinel value.

[code]#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
/* variable definition: */
int count, value, sum; avg;
/* Initialize */
count = 0;
sum = 0; avg = 0.0;
// Loop through to input values
while(1){
printf("Enter the number of integers you want to add and find average of: ");
scanf("%d", &value);
if (value == 10)
break;
sum = sum + value;
count = count + 1; } else {
printf("Value must be positive\n"); }
}
// Calculate avg. of two integers
avg = sum/count;
printf("average is %ld\n ", avg );
return 0;
}

[donbock]

Some comments.

1. avg is an int so you cannot set it to 0.0.
2. count = count + 1;} -- What block do you intend to terminate with "}"?
3. else { printf("Value must be positive\n");} -- What if does this else go with?
4. What happens if the very first number entered is 10? This will cause a divide-by-zero exception when avg is computed.
5. print("average is %ld\n",avg); -- %ld is not the correct format specifier for an int like avg.

By the way, you need "[/code]" at the end of the listing in order for your code snippet to be formatted like code. Code formatting would have provided line numbers that I could have used to identify which lines my comments pertain to.

By the way, if you intend to disallow negative input numbers, then a negative value would make an excellent sentinel value to terminate data entry.