Make this run till it reaches max

[skittlesaddictx50v]

This will run once with no problems. But if I switch the while condition then it goes to infinite loop. This is what I am trying to do:
How would I make it run so current_total would add until it reached total and stopped. Also print how many tries it took to do so. Thanks.

#include <iostream>
# include <time.h>
using namespace std;




int main()
{

int maximum;
int minimum;
int random_number;
int req_subtraction;
int current_total;
int total;


cout << "Total Limit?" << endl;   //can't go over this
cin >> total;

cout << "Max you can add?" << endl;
cin >> maximum;

cout << "Minimum you can add?" << endl;
cin >> minimum; 

cout << "Required Subtraction?" << endl;
cin >> req_subtraction; 

srand(time(0));  //seed the random number
	
int high=maximum;
int low=minimum;


do
{
random_number = rand () % (high - low + 1) + low;//random number between max and min


cout << "Random Number is " << random_number << endl;

current_total = random_number - req_subtraction;

	if(current_total < 0)   //make so negatives equal out to zero
	{
    current_total = 0;
	} while(current_total < 0);
 


cout << "The current total is " << current_total << endl;

if (current_total >= total) //if current total goes over the max then set to max
{
	current_total = total;
}

}
while (current_total > total); //if I set the > to < it goes to infinite loop

system("pause");
return 0;
}

[Betray1st]

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do, but an endless loop occurs due to the way you wrote your code. Your current_total is always going to be less than or equal to total. Notice that your last if statement will never let current_total be greater than total. I'm not sure what your trying to do with line 49 either. Your syntax is incorrect.

[pogrady]

why do you have two while statements?

also, try current_total += random_number - req_subtraction;

I think the idea here is that you keep looping until the current_total arrives at either the total, or some value that is over the total so that we can set current_total to the max value.

when you do this:

current_total = random_number - req_subtraction;

current_total never accumulates, it just keeps getting reassigned.

[skittlesaddictx50v]

this is why it always helps to have multiple eyes. thanks a ton. I'll rework the code and get back if I have any more ?'s