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Problem executing a Program

Unread post by rakeen » Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:10 pm

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// Sum of first n integer using loop

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
	int a,s=0,i;
	scanf("%d \n",a);
	
	for(i=0;s<=a;i++)   //try to do this using only 2 VARIABLES
		s=s+i;
	printf("the sum is: \t %d",s);
	return 0;
}
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Re: Problem executing a Program

Unread post by *Mahi* » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:42 pm

rakeen wrote:

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// Sum of first n integer using loop

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
	int a,s=0,i;
	scanf("%d \n",a);
	
	for(i=0;s<=a;i++)   //try to do this using only 2 VARIABLES
		s=s+i;
	printf("the sum is: \t %d",s);
	return 0;
}
Try this:

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// Sum of first n integer using loop

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
	int a,s=0,i;
	scanf("%d \n",&a);
	
	for(i=0;i<=a;i++)   //try to do this using only 2 VARIABLES
        //I modified the line above
		s=s+i;
	printf("the sum is: \t %d",s);
	return 0;
}
Can you tell why your code did not work?
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Re: Problem executing a Program

Unread post by rakeen » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:13 am

it should also work fine if i=1. right?

and if (i=1;s<=7;i++) then,
s=0+1
s=1+2
s=3+3
s=6

the output should be 6.
where's the problem!
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Re: Problem executing a Program

Unread post by rakeen » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:19 am

and is there any rule that I've to use the same variable in the Controll Expression?
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Re: Problem executing a Program

Unread post by *Mahi* » Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:18 am

rakeen wrote:
it should also work fine if i=1. right?

and if (i=1;s<=7;i++) then,
s=0+1
s=1+2
s=3+3
s=6

the output should be 6.
where's the problem!
There are actually two problems, one I did not notice earlier :?

1.
Using

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   scanf("%d \n",a);

crashes the program, as 'a' is not a pointer, so use

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   scanf("%d \n",&a);
instead, as '&a' is a pointer pointing to 'a', and thus scanf function can work properly.
2.
Using the loop

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 for(i=0;s<=a;i++)
doesn't give you the sum of first $a$ integers, it only sums as long as the sum is smaller than $a$.
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Re: Problem executing a Program

Unread post by *Mahi* » Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:22 am

rakeen wrote:and is there any rule that I've to use the same variable in the Controll Expression?
Using one less variable does not help in programming in any ways, as far as I know. But still, if you want to sum the first $a$ numbers with that loop, you can rewrite the looping condition like this-

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for( i = 0; s <= (a * (a + 1)) / 2; i++ )
      s = s + i;
Then it will continue looping until you get the desired sum.
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