I have played with this for a while and need a fresh set of eyes to help me if you will:
I have to write a program which asks for an integer number and stores as num. add num to total . Do this 6 times and calculate the average. Display total and average. Must reuse same variable.

This is what I have so far:


#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{
int num, avg, total;

total = 0;

printf("Enter an integer:");
scanf("%f", &num);
total = total+num;

printf("\n Enter an integer:");
scanf("%f", &num);
total = total + num;

printf("\n Enter an integer:");
scanf("f%", &num);
total = total+num;

printf("\n Enter an integer:");
scanf("%f:, &num);
total = total+num;

printf("\n Enter an integer:");
scanf("%f:, &num);
total = total+num;

printf("\n Enter an integer:");
scanf("%f:, &num);
total = total+num;

avg = total / 6.0;

printf("\n The total is %f", total);

printf("\n The average of the six numbers is %f", avg);

return 0;
}



I get the following errors when I run my compiler:

23: Unterminated string or character constant in function main()
24: Function call missing ) in function main()

These errors repeat on lines 27, 28, 31, & 32.
Any help would be appreciated. Explanations for what I am doing wrong will really be appreciated.

Ripwheels8

Before seeking help from others, you should first try to find by yourself.
The error message is very clear, you have an unterminated string in line 23, just look better here.

And instead of cut and paste, try using the for() loop.

this is (in my opinion) clearly a homework question, and as such not really what LQ.org is here for. you need to learn how to code yourself, not get answers from other people.

you do though have very obvious syntax errors on those lines, which aren't even the same as the ones which precede it.

check you scanf lines....man scanf if you don't see it right away..

I fixed the syntax errors. Thank you for pointing out the fact that the code lines weren't the same. I am new at this programming thing and if I don't know what something means and cannot find it in a book, how am I supposed to learn what to do. A friend of mine told me about this site and how helpful people were. That is why I asked this question. Thank you for your assistance.

I have no errors when I run the compipler, but it will not add the numbers together.

the problem is that u need to use float data type for all ur variables


like
float num, toatal,avg;

GOT IT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH masand.

you can read a number with %f then store it to an int variable.
scanf converts number to floating point representation then copy it to &x. you can read it as int.
casting is not performed in this case.