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[iccaros]

ok I need to know why my while loop is not working.. (it ask for input untill -1 is entered but never does the rest of the loop)

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

//function prototype
void clear_screen (void);
int promptUser (const string& );

//main function
int main ()
{
     // local variables
    int userInput, holder;
    const int array_size= 9, poll_size=10;
    //setup arrays
    int salary [array_size] =  {200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900,1000};
    int Polldata [poll_size] = {0};

   // clear screen
   clear_screen();
    //main loop of program
    while (( userInput =  promptUser ( "Enter Salary or -1 to quit: ")) != -1 );{

              holder = userInput / 100;
              cout << holder << endl;

               ++Polldata[holder];
                                  }
    clear_screen();
    for ( int x =1; x <= 9; x++){
          cout << setw (4) << salary [x-1] << setw (10) << " " << setw (10) << Polldata[x] << endl;
              }
    return 0;
}

//clear screen function
void clear_screen()
{
     #if defined WIN32
     system ("cls");
     #elif defined UNIX
     system ("clear");
     #endif
     }

//check function for correct input type

int promptUser (const string& s)
{
    while (true) {
          int snumber;
          cout << s << flush;
          cin >> snumber;
          if (cin.fail()) {
                          cerr << "invalid input \n";
                          cin.clear();
                          cin.ignore();
                          }
          else
            return snumber;
          }
}

[jcl]

while (( userInput =  promptUser ( "Enter Salary or -1 to quit: ")) != -1 );    <-- stray semicolon

Edited May 15, 2005 by jcl

[shanenin]

those damn stray semicolins :-)

[iccaros]

those damn stray semicolins :-)

my thought too..

[iccaros]

while (( userInput =  promptUser ( "Enter Salary or -1 to quit: ")) != -1 );    <-- stray semicolon

thank you.. I was messing with this all the way untill 3 am before just going to bead adn hopeing somesome would show me what is wrong..

now I can do my homework as I understand how to input things in the array..

your the king.. should be Linux and programing expert.