Would someone steer me in the right direction with solving this problem ? I see variables declared everywhere but it is always with numbers and not words such as in this problem below




5. Write a program that produces the following output:
Brazil, Russia, India, China
India, China,
Brazil, Russia
Have the program use two user-defined functions in addition to main() : one named
br() that prints “Brazil, Russia” once, and one named ic() that prints “India, China”
once. Let main() take care of any additional printing tasks.

What language?

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You don't need to declare any variables to solve this problem.

It is C language and i meant user defined functions instead of declaring variables

I am curious as to what numbers are being used as variables?? Most languages do not allow variable names to be or even start (for many) with a number.

You must show us how you declared your variables and how you initialized them. I am unable do deduce from your description, what may lead to the observed program behaviour and cannot even say, if the result can be expected or not. However. Most of the time, that the data-type is unexpected (e.g. an Integer instead of a String or char-array, if you prefer), a false declaration is a probable and an unintentional or faulty type-cast the improbable cause.

Show us the code!

Because, otherwise, you get answers like this which do probably not help:
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Your not helping the OP learn by providing the answers.

Right, but I still have a doubt. If the problem description is badly written, however, I beg your pardon that my example may have matched. Do you really think so?

Not a homework assignment it's just a hobby but i really don't have the time to deal with smart ass comments and rediculous rules. And people wonder why only one percent of the population uses linux especuially arch. It's the supriority complex people have associated with linux and arch especially so thanks to the people that tried to help but i'll be leaving now i just don't have the patience to put up with the bullshit!

Relax, you don't have to use any linux-specific features to solve this riddle. Here is something to start with:

Thanks for correcting me.
(Note to self)

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I am sorry that you think rules are ridiculous and it was not meant to be a smart ass comment. Unless you provide us with more information and a little background we have no idea and no one here is a mind reader.

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I am going to guess OP is another unsatisfied Windows user who thinks everyone should tell them the answers as that is what they paid for ... oh wait??

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This homework-problem is as clear as it could be: you're "over-thinking it."

Many languages do have a formal notion of "enumerated types" such that you can assign color := red and, when you print color you get red. But you don't need to do this with this homework problem. All they want are two functions that each print a particular fixed string.

Ah. You think the problem boils down to using quote-marks. I had not thought that far. ;-)