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[jowek70]

hi i'm new here, i just started a class for C++ and i need a little help.
can somebody give an example in a program how to take a 2 given numbers, one as a numerator and one as a denominator, and place it in fractional form?
ie...type in 1 for numerator and 2 for denominator and then display the result as

1
-
2
i need 3 programmer-defined functions: count_digits, print_fraction and print_line.
the number of "-" between 1 and 2 needs to coordinate with the biggest number of either the numerator or denominator.
thanks for any help

[firedraco]

Well, basically, just take both of the numbers into strings, then make a function count_digits that returns the .size() of the strings. Then you can compare those numbers and print it out.

[jowek70]

can you write that in C++?

[firedraco]

I would, but it would be better if you figured out how to do it yourself, since that is what the class is for.

[jowek70]

alright well i got it kinda figured out
heres my loop for print_line function

/*Print_line function*/
void print_line(int n);
for(n;n<=9;)
printf("-");

i can't get the loop to stop printing "-" though

[rpgfan3233]

You forgot the increment:

for (; n <=9; ++n) /* note the ++n */
  printf("-");

I hope it works for you! ^_^

[yogurt]

u coudl do like

int a=1;
int b=2
int main(){
cout << a << endl << "-" << endl << b <<endl;
system("PAUSE")
return 0;
}

like that but put in headers and such