Arrays

[xshirooo]

i'm new in c++ so please help me
what i'm trying to do is enter 5 input then get the average of it w/ the the string for name.

The problem is i can't get the average

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int a,b,average;
string n;

cout<<"Enter student name: ";
cin>>n;

cout <<"Enter five numbers: "<<endl;
for (a=1;a<6;a++)
{
cout<< a <<": ";
cin>> b;

}
average = b/5;
cout << "The average of " << n << " is " << average << endl;

system("pause");
return 0;
}

[shadowCODE]

int a, n = 5,sum = 0;

for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
	cin>>a;
	sum += a;
}

float average = sum/n;

[AlxndrM]

In C++11/14, a return statement is not required in main.

In the for loop where you receive a new value for b from the standard input on each iteration, you actually replace the previous value with the new value given by cin which may come as a surprise.

You're not adding the new value to b, you're completely obliterating the previous value of b and then you assign a new value as specified by your input.

When the for loop finally terminates 5 iterations later, the value of b is the last value provided by the standard input. So if the input is

1: 0
2: 1
3: 1
4: 2
5: 3

the value of b will be 3.

Since average is an integer, the result of b/5 will be truncated to the first integral digit. i.e, if b is 12, the result will not be 2,4 but 2.

To fix this you should change average's type to double.

Now you have enough information to solve it by yourself.

[xshirooo]

I did it thanksssss