First time programmer

[kenshin]

Im taking a c++ class and im stuck on how to do something. If anyone can help me that would be great. Im trying to keep count of how many times a user enters a value and display it. Im not sure how to go about doing that in c++.

Thanks

[snarfblam]

How does the program on a whole work? What sort of values are being entered. Are you simply letting the user enter numbers and totalling the number of times each number is entered?

[kenshin]

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

int main();
int getRandom();
int game();

int playAgain()             //ask if user wants to play agian
   {
       char answer, y, n; //answer is the response to the question 
                          //y and n are the answers the user can give

       cout << "Do you want to play again (y or n)?: ";
       cin >> answer;
       
       if(answer == 'y')   //if the user types y then it starts the main()
               main();
           
       else if(answer == 'n') //If n then exits
           cout << "Thanks for playing" << endl;
           
return 0;
}
int  getRandom()    // genurates a random #
   {
     int  max, value; // max is the max value the user picks
                      // value is the random number
     cout  <<  "Enter the maximum random number value: ";
     cin  >>  max;

     srand( time(0) );

  value  =  rand() % max  +  1; //random number equation


     return  value;
   }


int game() // ask the user their guess
   {
   int guess, random, count; 

   random = getRandom();
   
  do
  {    
   cout << "What is your guess?: "; 
   cin >> guess;
   
   if(guess < random)          // The if statements checks to see if they are to high or low 
       cout << "Too low." << endl; // then gives an answer
   if(guess > random)
       cout << "To High." << endl;
  }while( guess != random );   // ask the question until guess = random
  
  count += 1;                  // keeps track of trys
  cout << "You got it in " << count << " try(s)" << endl;
   
   return 0;
   }
    
   
   main() // runs the game
   {     
    do
    {

       game();
       
    }while(playAgain());
   
    return  0;
   }

 

 

in the game() is where im trying to do it.

Edited October 20, 2006 by PlausiblyDamp

[kenshin]

nevermind i just need to move the count after the guess.