for loop working, line counter not working..

[synthninja]

Hi, this is my first post.......yipeee!! :)

I'm a beginner to C++, and i've written a simple program to teach myself about for loops with a line counter. The for loop works fine, i see the numbers 1 to 150 stream down the page no problem, but alas, the line counter isnt working.

I expected to see when "counter" reaches 10, a blank line.. so i can have a blank line every 10 lines...But it doesnt seem to be doing Anything at all... I'm perplexed, I have looked at it and tried compiling with different compilers, with no luck.

Can anyone help me please?

Here's the code


// mucking about with the for loop.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int bush;
int counter;

counter = 0;

for(bush=1; bush <= 150; bush++)
cout << bush << "\n";

counter++;

if(counter == 10) {

cout << "\n";
counter = 0;
}
cin.get();
return 0;
}

[vin]

This is the only statement in the loop. cout << bush << "\n";.

counter is incremented once and so is never equal to 10.

To perform many statements in the loop enclose them with braces.

[synthninja]

It's funny how it makes so much sense when explained.

This has been a good lesson for me, basic but fundamental.

Thank you very much indeed, and for your fast response too :)

[chipp]

btw, here's another alternative:

for(bush=1; bush <= 150; bush++) {
	cout << bush << "\n";

	if(bush % 10 == 0)
		cout << "\n";
}