Ok I want a program to do basic calculator functions (mainly to show off to my friends), but I keep f*ing up the program. Here is what I have so far.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int answer;
    char function;
    int a;
    int b;
    int c;
    int d;
    cout<<"***Please enter first number in equation.";
    cin>> a;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Please enter second number.";
    cin>> b;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Please enter a function.";
    cin>> function;
    cin>> a == *
    cin>> b == -
    cin>> c == +
    cin>> d == /
    if ( function == a ) {
         cout<< a-b;
    }
    else if ( function == b ) {
         cout<< a+b;
    }
    else if ( function == c ) {
         cout<< a*b;
    }
    else if ( function == d ) {
         cout<< a/b;
    }
}

Any suggestions would be great.

I will make C++ my bitch.

good idea taking the bull by the horns!

one question... what is
    cin>> a == *
    cin>> b == -
    cin>> c == +
    cin>> d == /

And I think you should be testing function against the characters '-' '+' '*' and '/'

yah I just realized I f*ed up the whole thing anyway so here's the revised version
one quick question before starting- what integer can I use to represent a function (+ - * /)? Every time I don't know what integer to use is put (?)

here you go:


#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int answer;
    char function;
    int a;
    int b;
    (need integer type here)
    cout<<"Hello and welcome to A+ Super Calculator, letting you run functions that normal calculators can't!";
    cout<<"***Please enter first number in equation.";
    cin>> a;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Please enter second number.";
    cin>> b;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Please enter a function.";
    cin>> function;
    cin>> (?)
    if ( (?) == + ) {
         cout<< a+b
    }
    else if ( (?) == - ) {
         cout<< a-b;
    }
    else if ( (?) == * ) {
         cout<< a*b;
    }
    else if ( (?) == / ) {
         cout<< a/b;
    }
}


I will make C++ my bitch.

Congratulations on your goal =)

I was happy when I made it my bitch =) lol

Here are the integer values for your symbols

+ = 43
- = 45
/ = 47
* = 42

Its very simple to know this...

C++ uses ASCII (American Standard Coding for Information Interchange)

which assigns every character a numeric value...

Now you know...

Keep Up the good work =)

~ Geo

~ Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive!

if (function == +)
{
   a + b;
}
else if (function == -)
{
   a -b;
}

and so on.

I hope this may help you.

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What is the purpose if cin.ignore().

Thanks for your explanations.

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