Simple c++ help

[sdmike]

Ok I have a program which takes the values enter in and then subtracts them from my acount balance, but I'm not sure what's going on.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
int citi;
int chase;
int bofa;
int wamu;

cout << "Please enter your citi total: ";
cin >> citi;
cout << "Please enter your chase total: ";
cin >> chase;
cout << "Please enter your bofa total: ";
cin >> bofa;
cout << "Please enter your wamu total: ";
cin >> wamu;
cout << "Your total debt is: "(citi + chase + bofa) - wamu";
return 0;

What simple thing am I missing here.

[neilp85]

You didn't state what the problem is, but if it's not compiling it's because you don't have a closing brace for main.

[Wybiral]

If it isn't compiling... It could also be this line:



cout << "Your total debt is: "(citi + chase + bofa) - wamu";


Notice the stray double quote at the end? And the lack of the "<<" operator between ~is: "~ and ~(~

[neilp85]

If it isn't compiling... It could also be this line:



cout << "Your total debt is: "(citi + chase + bofa) - wamu";


Notice the stray double quote at the end? And the lack of the "<<" operator between ~is: "~ and ~(~

That isn't the only problem, there should also be another << operator. What you should do is this:

cout << "Your total debt is: " << (citi + chase + bofa) - wamu << endl;

[kinson]

Its probably minor, but you might wanna initialize the variables first too :p

[LotsOfPhil]

Its probably minor, but you might wanna initialize the variables first too

He does initialize the variables, as int. I think you probably want them to be double.

[hod139]

He does initialize the variables, as int. I think you probably want them to be double.
That's a declaration. An initialization is supplying an initial value, e.g.
int foo = 0.

[sdmike]

I got it to work. This did the trick for me.

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{

float citi;
float chase;
float bofa;
float wamu;
float sprint;


ofstream outFile("finances.file");

cout << "File open, preparing to write..." << endl;

cout << "Please enter your WAMU total: ";
cin >> wamu;
cout << "Please enter your Citi total: ";
cin >> citi;
cout << "Please enter your Chase total: ";
cin >> chase;
cout << "Please enter your BofA total: ";
cin >> bofa;
cout << "Please enter your Sprint total: ";
cin >> sprint;

cout << "Your total debt is: " << wamu - (citi + chase + bofa) << endl;

outFile
<< "Your WAMU Account Balance is $"<< wamu << ". \n"
<< "Your Citi charge is $" << citi << ". \n"
<< "Your Chase charge is $" << chase << ". \n"
<< "Your BofA charge is $" << bofa << ". \n"
<< "Your Sprint charge is $" << sprint << ". \n"
<< "Your total debt balance is $" << wamu - (citi + chase + bofa + sprint) << ". \n";

cout << "File written to, and now being closed..." << endl;

outFile.close();

return 0;
}