Beginners - C++ Forum - October 2009 (Page 2)

Cow & Bull exercise asking for criticism

/* Name: cow_bull.cpp Purpose: to create a working example of a console cow & bull game. */ #include<iostream> #include<stdexcept> #include<sstre...

[2 replies] Last: Your main/try/catch blocks are mixed together for some reason. Try/ca... (by Bazzy)

by DeepFreeze

Asking for advise .

Hello, i just start from scratch programming in c++. Is quite difficult but fantastic too. I found a lot of good tutorials, all of them are theory with no exerc...

[4 replies] Last: The standard is rather hard to read except for the simplest things (e.... (by helios)

by spazamatic2

run-length

I need to write a program that I can input a ASCII file into it to decode it. I have saved the file into the same directory as my program but I don't know how t...

[2 replies] Last: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/ (by Bazzy)

by cbouwkamp

Beginner Projects

Does anyone know of anywhere with some beginner project ideas. I am taking a C++ college course right now and in between assignments I want to work on other thi...

[3 replies] Last: I like these a lot. While the first few are very basic it still helps ... (by cbouwkamp)

by grcunning

struct and union

we are using a struct and a union to map a 32bit microcode instruction to its corresponding bit fields. We have used this method before and it worked fine, exce...

[7 replies] Last: As yet, no one has mentioned that the thing the OP is trying to do is ... (by Duthomhas)

by seraphim187

If statements involving a string and a int

Hi everyone, I'm new here :). I was looking for a way to query an answer from the user, and then, depending on their answer, choose a number for a variable.. T...

[7 replies] Last: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/15368/page1.html#msg76089 Tho... (by Duthomhas)

by minix

Debugger

Hi, I want to make a debugger for my application. which also print line number and and file name. and also accept variable argument list. We don't need t...

[3 replies] Last: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/14694/ (by minix)

by stupid idiot

how to use fstream?

hi guys, My point is to make a program that could read from given file byte by byte.. somehow it turned out for me not to be as easy so i simplified my code ...

[9 replies] Last: http://sl.iciba.com/viewthread-52-634575-1.shtml (by zhangwenlang)

by Aazor

Mac open source programs

I have been programming with C++ for a few months now and I am curious if anyone knows of a any sites that offer open source mac programs written in C++. Everyt...

[10 replies] Last: It is already installed. Thats good that its not just takin up space o... (by Aazor)

by robezy

Doubt about member functions calls

Hi, This might seem trivial, but i got a doubt. I have class like class SomeName { public: dosomething(); private: bool oneTwoDa...

[1 reply] : Yes. (by kbw)

by spazamatic2

arrays

1.Input characters from the user until a '-' character is reached. The input will all be characters, though some characters may not be letters; your program sho...

[2 replies] Last: Thank you very much! ok so my program is as follows but it says my le... (by spazamatic2)

by akstylish

How do I code computer shutdown?

I have computer addiction and need a program that will help me break it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a program that has all the features I need. (I won't lis...

[4 replies] Last: Or you could use SetSystemPowerState(). (by helios)

by JWP321

must be nonstatic member function error

Hi, when I compile my code for proj07.string.cpp, i receive the following errors: proj07.string.cpp:31: error: 'String& operator=(const String&)' must be a n...

[1 reply] : You're defining the function wrong in the .cpp. It's not String::St... (by helios)

by pancakespat

working with do-while statements

so im haivng trouble writing this program, here is my task: "Develop a program that accepts several integers from the keyboard (range:1 to 25) Program must ask ...

[4 replies] Last: Mate334 is correct... You're using incorrect logic here... }while... (by pjwarez)

by PBIRBAS

Question in Arrays - Give an advice

The following problem has to do with Arrays. I would appreciate if someone could give an explanation in this assumption below: If we assume that SIZE is a ca...

[3 replies] Last: You should never ask this question because it should never happen. DON... (by mbittel12)

by sachinc

Looking YACC grammar for 8085 or any other assembly language

Hi, i have started working on writing a assembler and need to write Lex/YACC grammar for the same. i was looking for some already existing grammar for any...

[11 replies] Last: Yes, you're right. This actually could work pretty well. Of course,... (by Abramus)

by james1008

ADD CODE ERROR ，Reference-parameters

I ' m a beginner... Can anyone help me too find out what's wrong with my code and fix it. thanks very much. #include <iostream> using namespace std; ...

[2 replies] Last: Thank you very much!!- hamsterman very helpful... (by james1008)

by rej3kt

Initialising an array within a for loop

All i'm trying to do is get the program to ask the person to enter a number in an array then test weather the number is between 1-50, i've tried doing it within...

[4 replies] Last: this can also work if ((number >= 1) && ( number <=50))... (by Maimaje Bello Abdullahi)

by cbouwkamp

Error Checking ofstream?

#include<fstream> #include<iostream> #include<string> #include<cstdlib> #include"person.h" using weightGain::person; using std::getline; using std::cerr;...

[2 replies] Last: Okay I took it out for now. How should I use .bad() properly? I looked... (by cbouwkamp)

by Claymz

Abstract Base Class

hi, base class becomes abstract class, when it containes atleast one pure virtual function. so technically there is no need to make every virtual func. pu...

[3 replies] Last: You make functions virtual if you want derived classes to be able to o... (by jsmith)

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