delete

[i8bjz8AR]

delete

[Kevin C]

using namespace std;

should go after #includes

[pearlyman]

line 64. Separate your comparisons... () && () && ()
line 138 You don't have a function named coinResult.
Line 139 Something is not defined
Lines 142 - 145 is not right.

[Kevin C]

line 64: coinFlip is a number, and you are comparing it to a string.

How can a number ever be equal to "H" ?

[i8bjz8AR]

delete

[pearlyman]

Line 64

coinflip is an int, not a char...

It can == 1 2,3... not A b c

[Kevin C]

while (coinFlip != "H" && coinFlip != "h" && coinFlip != "T" && coinFlip != "t")
    {
        cout << "Please choose either 1 or 0, or 'H' or 'T', without single quotes!\n\n" << endl;
        cin >> coinFlip;
    }

Since coinFlip is defined as an integer, how can it's value ever be "H"?

Further, if a user types in "H", how can possibly that value be assigned to coinFlip, which must be an integer?

[i8bjz8AR]

So now I have "char coinFlip;", but i'm still getting that error, what do i need to do?

[Kevin C]

char is OK.

Now:
a) "H" is not a char, it is a string (more or less). 'H' is a char.

b)
coinFlip = rand()%2;

What is this supposed to do now that coinFlip is a char? You can't assign 0 to a char. '0' and '1' are chars, 0 and 1 are numbers.

[i8bjz8AR]

so a random number 0 || 1 is supposed to be assigned, but since coinFlip is a char, it needs an "int" data type, i'm just so lost on how to fix this because i'm a beginner.

[Kevin C]

if ( rand()%2==0) coinFlip = '0';
else coinFlip = '1';

[i8bjz8AR]

delete

[Kevin C]

Here are some fixes:

a) Why did you add the curly brackets?

    if ( rand()%2==0) 
        coinFlip = '0';
    else coinFlip = '1';

b)
while (coinFlip != 'H' && coinFlip != 'h' && coinFlip != 'T' && coinFlip != 't')

[i8bjz8AR]

delete

[Kevin C]

You are still having an extra curly brace at line 35.

How does that continue to happen? Is your computer inserting extra curly braces at random?

[i8bjz8AR]

I honestly have no idea.. Went to 48 to 5! Thank you! Now are those other errors a big problem... I tried renaming those and still get that function error. also the "'const char*' ", does this have to do with "coinToss" being a int instead of a char? (149-152)

[Kevin C]

Well, yes, you shouldn't assign integers to chars, although the compiler will probably allow it.

But, the problem in line 142 is that coin_toss is not a function, and you are using a function call operator there. So that has to be fixed, but I can't figure out what did you have in mind there.

[i8bjz8AR]

I was just trying to give a value to coinToss to display "You have chosen heads" or "you have chosen tails"

[Kevin C]

To give a value to coinToss, you need to use an assignment operator. For example:

coinToss = 0;

or:

coinToss = rand()%2;