Making complicated decisions

sokin

Does anyone know how I would modify a or b to make it only print one message? I am working on the "make complicated decisions" part on parallax's website.


int main() // main function
{
int a = 17; // Initialize a variable to 25
int b = 17; // Initialize b variable to 17
print("a = %d, b = %d\n", a, b); // Print all
if((a > b) || (a == 100)) // If a > b OR A == 100
{
print("a might be larger than b, \n"); //Then print this message
print("OR a might be 100, \n"); //Then print this message
print("OR mabey both!\n"); //Then print this message
}
}


Thanks in advance

Ariba

You can't print only one message with certain a, b values. If the condition is true all of them get printed out, it's one block of print commands.

If you want the messages dependent of the values, you need separate IF tests:

  if(a > b)
  {
    print("a is larger than b, \n");
  }
  if(a == 100)
  {
    print("a is 100, \n");
  }
  if((a > b) && (a == 100))
  {
    print("both!\n");
  }

Andy

JonnyMac

Your first to if statements have an extra left parenthesis, Andy.

Ariba

Thank's Jon
I have it edited

KeithE

Ariba - don't you want some else statements and reordering so that only one is printed?

Cluso99

KeithE wrote: »

Ariba - don't you want some else statements and reordering so that only one is printed?

Not necessary, but the code will be slower as it has to test each if statement.
Could also be done with a switch/case method.

KeithE

I just mentioned it since the original post said: "make it only print one message"