Beginners - C++ Forum - January 2012

This is driving me crazy, I want the loop to exit when the user chooses '3' or when Enemy.HP is 0 or lower. What's wrong with my while loop? do { Dis...

[4 replies] Last: Thanks a bunch, that cleared things up. I think I had what condition ... (by malice)

by lugiamaster

Function that searches for the key in an array

OK so i'm trying to make this function that asks the user to input a key, then search for the key in array A and inform the user about the existence (true/ fals...

[3 replies] Last: cin >> key; for( int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { if( array = key;... (by roberts)

by Sunny101

I can't get my program to work, help? (1,2)

I'm trying to make a program that asks a user to enter a three digit number. One output will tell the user the floor number and the second the room number. ...

[20 replies] Last: Thank you! I used int and it works perfectly! (by Sunny101)

by Matt Cromer

Allegro Issues

Trying to play with allegro, and it is giving me errors with my debug. Any tips? 'ALLEGRO_TEST.exe': Loaded 'C:\Users\Matt Cromer\Documents\Visual Studi...

[8 replies] Last: Okay thanks (by Matt Cromer)

by hopesfall

Difference in primitive data between Java and c++?

I've programmed in Java before and now that I'm learning C++ I'm curious as to how C++ treats primitive data differently than java. What are some ways C++ handl...

[4 replies] Last: @L B Talk about standards-defying compilers. That rule has been there ... (by Cubbi)

by pulkitsharva

how to find value of (3^6)+(a^a)?

pls help me to find out the value of int a=(3^6)+(a^a); printf("%d",a);

[4 replies] Last: If you want to calculate an expression as if it was: int x=(3^6)+(a^a... (by eypros)

by ProgramminNewby

Need help on an array program!

Okay, so my assignment was to " write a program that will allow the user to enter 20 five letter words in an array and then place them into a word-find puzzle o...

[1 reply] : The problem description tells you that you need two 2-dimensional arra... (by LB)

by smallmos

some inheritance questions

hi, this is my first attempt at inheritance with c++. i was following an online tutorial to help with doing a labsheet for college, thought all was going well u...

[2 replies] Last: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/40071/#msg218019 (by ne555)

by rupert

while 'variable char' is not 'char'

cout << "Is your character Male or Female?" << endl; cout << "Male(m)/Female(f)/Other(?): "; cin >> gender; while (gender != 'm' || gender...

[3 replies] Last: A variable can only have one value at a time right? So if it is one, t... (by LB)

by Sly UX1XN

Need Help!!!

I am a complete Newb I am 14 years of age and have ZERO experience in game programming, and yet I would like to start with C++. Can someone tell me The best and...

[9 replies] Last: [quote=Sly UX1XN]Whats is API? (sic) It's an acronym for Application ... (by Wazzak)

by markkirby

Can some one reccomend me an api

Hi I would like to add grapics to a project im working on and wonderd what people think is a good api. I dont mind a steep learning curve as long as it is re...

[2 replies] Last: cheers Athar ill check it out. (by markkirby)

by subjugater

A second question about inheritance

// the base class. No definition for ctor and dtor. class base{ int x; ... } // the derived class class derived: public base{ // the derived c...

[2 replies] Last: moorecm, Thank you for your explanation! (by subjugater)

by Maiels

Password and Username

Hello! I made a post before about dialog box in Windows using C++, I deleted it ,I realized how stupid it was. What I want now is to know how to make a program ...

[3 replies] Last: No I don`t want to lock a folder , I just want to enter a password and... (by Maiels)

by patmac

Manipulating variables of type 'string'

I have to write a program for school that prompts the user for a text made up of 5 words each ending with a '/', then extracts and prints each word without the ...

[2 replies] Last: Hallelujah!! Thanks a lot hamsterman! If you were next to me I would k... (by patmac)

by subjugater

A question about inheritance

Suppose I define a base class and a derived class in the following way: // the base class class base{ virtual void fa() = 0; void fb(){fa();} } // the d...

[9 replies] Last: You shouldn't do it in any ctor/dtor. What will happen is it will onl... (by Disch)

by waqqassheikh

no match for 'operator+' with std::string::operator+

I wrote this code for a small word counting algorithm: #include <iostream> #include <string> int wordCount(const std::string&); int main() { std::cout<...

[2 replies] Last: That worked, and I understand my fault, I think: I need a const_itera... (by waqqassheikh)

by calypso

Init array in function

template<int _size> Matrix<_size> Matrix<_size>::operator + (const Matrix< _size> &rhs) const { Matrix<_size> m; for (int i = 0; i < (_size*_size); ++i...

[7 replies] Last: Thanks again (by calypso)

by hopesfall

Distinguish between reference and value parameters?

How are reference and value parameters distinguished syntactically? How would the execution of a program change by changing a parameter from value to reference?

[1 reply] : When you pass by value, a copy of the object is passed to the function... (by Athar)

by Polochon

Reading audio WAVE file data & header

Hi everybody, I try to read a WAVE file in order to apply later a DFT but I got some problems. I legaly got a WAVE file here : http://soundcloud.com/alec_...

[2 replies] Last: Thank you! (by Polochon)

by frenchcr

splitting a certain value three ways - if/else

Hi! Im trying to input three values PreComp, InlComp and PosComp into if else statements, then depending on the values of these three numbers use the if/else...

[9 replies] Last: thanks for this histrungalot! (by frenchcr)

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