[Courses] [C] help me find my C bug? (long)
Suzi Anvin
suzi at anvin.org
Tue Jul 9 15:57:18 EST 2002
I can send files if needed, but won't send unless you request... I'm
writing Exercise 6-4 in the book recc'ed on the courses website
(practical C programming) and of course doing a few fancy things with
it. It has you input a number in dollars and cents (0.00) and then
tells you how to make change. It seems to work with a few funny bugs in
the output (set off by ***):
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $87.65
To make change for $87.65, you need:
87 dollars
2 quarters
1 dime
1 nickel
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $0.26
To make change for $0.26, you need:
***1 quarter
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $0.46
To make change for $0.46, you need:
1 quarter
2 dimes
1 penny
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $0.31
To make change for $0.31, you need:
1 quarter
1 nickel
1 penny
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $1.26
To make change for $1.26, you need:
***1 dollar
***1 quarter
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $.51
To make change for $0.51, you need:
***2 quarters
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $.27
To make change for $0.27, you need:
1 quarter
2 pennies
Enter the amount of money to make change for: $1.01
To make change for $1.01, you need:
***1 dollar
Basically, ONLY when there is one penny and no dimes or nickels, it
doesn't print that there is one penny left! and I have no clue why this
might be. Here is the text of the code:
#include <stdio.h>
char line[50];
float amount; /* the amount of $ as entered by the user */
int total; /* amount * 100, converted to an interger */
int dollars; /* # of dollars needed to make change */
int quart; /* # of quarters needed */
int dime; /* # of dimes needed, etc. */
int nick;
int penn;
int main()
{
while (1) {
/* inputting dollar amount */
printf("Enter the amount of money to make change for: $");
fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin);
if (sscanf(line, "%f", &amount) <= 0)
break;
while (amount <= 0) {
printf("Please enter an amount greater than 0: $");
fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin);
if (sscanf(line, "%f", &amount) <= 0)
break;
}
total = amount * 100;
/* determining how many of each coin is needed */
dollars = total / 100;
total %= 100;
quart = total / 25;
total %= 25;
dime = total / 10;
total %= 10;
nick = total / 5;
penn = total % 5;
/* printing the change needed. Program should only print a type of
* coin if it is needed to make change (i.e. it should not print
* "0 quarters". */
printf("To make change for $%.2f, you need:\n", amount);
if (dollars > 1)
printf("%d dollars\n", dollars);
if (dollars == 1)
printf("%d dollar\n", dollars);
if (quart > 1)
printf("%d quarters\n", quart);
if (quart == 1)
printf("%d quarter\n", quart);
if (dime > 1)
printf("%d dimes\n", dime);
if (dime == 1)
printf("%d dime\n", dime);
if (nick == 1)
printf("%d nickel\n", nick);
if (penn > 1)
printf("%d pennies\n", penn);
if (penn == 1)
printf("%d penny\n", penn);
}
return (0);
}
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