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Ch1156 (1999)
Ok so im building a counter that will continuosley count up. There is no limit but i cant figure out how to not put a limit cap on it?

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;


int Time = 0;

int main()
{
    while(Time <1){
    Time++;

        cout << Time;

        if(Time == 24){
        cout << Time;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}


so basically i want the code to increment forever. not sure how to do this though.
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Athar (4466)
Just make sure the loop condition can never become false? (hint: "true" is never false).
for also allows omitting the loop condition, which causes it to loop forever: for (;;)
Ch1156 (1999)
How would that look in code? I tried this but got errors:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;


int Time = 0;

int main()
{
    while(Time <1){
        Time++;

        for(Time){
            cout << Time;
        }
    }

return 0;
}


Errors:

C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|16|error: expected ';' before ')' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|18|warning: statement has no effect|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected primary-expression before '}' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected ';' before '}' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected primary-expression before '}' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected ')' before '}' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected primary-expression before '}' token|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\C++ Projects\C++\main.cpp|19|error: expected ';' before '}' token|
||=== Build finished: 7 errors, 1 warnings ===|
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happykiller (83)
Easy...


And never put your variable names with first letter on caps.It is illegal.

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;


int i = 2;

int main()
{
    while(i > 1){
    i++;

        cout << i;

        if(i == 24){
        cout << i;
        }
    }

system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}


Ch1156 (1999)
Ah it works thanks. Also i think system("PAUSE"); is illegal also or its not good to use, cant remember, but cin.get() is better to use.
Athar (4466)
It's fine if the first letter is uppercase, but it's rather unusual style.
happykiller (83)
I just wanted to add this:

This is an infinite loop:

while(true) or while(1)

And so is this:

for(;;) or for(;i++;)
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