Compiling but not running, "drunk walk" problem

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Hello everybody.

I'm hoping you can help me along a little bit with a problem similar to this one: http://web.mst.edu/~csw6g3/cs78/lab6.txt except I am to use loops and nested loops. Also do less "trips" as they put it.

I plan on changing it slightly (starting location = 3 then 4 then 5 ect) for obtaining the other results. But the code will be the same for each (I presume) so I just need some tips on how to proceed. Right now it compiles in visual studio but does nothing when i run it.

here is the code.

#include <iostream>
# include <ctime>

using namespace std;

void main()
{

					
	
	srand(time(NULL));

	//	start block 2

	
	double random;
	int step;
	int homecount = 0;
	double location ; 
	int moves = 0;
	int total_moves = 0;

	for(int i = 0; i < 500; i++)		//	500 tests to run
	{		moves++;
			location = 2;				//	starting location 

		while(location >= 1 && location <= 8);		
			random = double(rand())/RAND_MAX * 1;			//	random number generated 
		{	step = int (random * 3);	
				if (step == 1) location++;		
				else location--;	
		
				if (location = 8) homecount++;

		}
		
	
		total_moves = moves + total_moves;
	}

	

	cout<<"The average number of moves was: "<<total_moves/500<<endl;		// Results (what I'm required to produce)
	cout<<"The average number of times he ends up at home is: "<<homecount/500<<endl;
	
	
} 

I realize that using function would be advantageous but I would really like to learn how to do this problem by using nested loops and such. Sorry if I'm totally wrong with this...I'm quite new. Thanks.

[dharmatic]

There might be more, but the syntax on line 33 is wrong.
Also is there a reason you have main as a void?

Edit: The semicolon at the end of the while loop is causing it to run forever.

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Thanks for the reply...I tried fixing some things. Added a loop so that I re-started the process and (hopefully) moved to the next spot. The results are surly wrong but I'm at least getting some output. I'll keep working at it...

#include <iostream>
# include <ctime>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

					
	
	srand(time(NULL));

	//	start block 2

	
	int step;
	double homecount = 0;
	int moves = 0;
	int total_moves = 0;
	int location = 0;


	for(int i = 2; i <= 7 ; i++)
	{	cout<<"Starting at block "<<i<<endl;
		int blockstart = i;

	for(int i = 1; i < 500; i++)		//	500 tests to run
	{		moves++;
			blockstart = location;				//	starting location 

		while(location >= 1 && location <= 8);		
		{
										//	random number generated 
			step = rand() % 3;	
		
				if (step <= 1.0/3.0) location++;		
				else location--;	
		
				if (location == 8) homecount++;
		}
			
	
		total_moves = moves + total_moves;
	}

	

	cout<<"The average number of moves was: "<<total_moves/500 <<endl;		// Results (what I'm required to produce)
	cout<<"The average number of times he ends up at home is: "<<homecount/500.0<<endl;
	
	}
}