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Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Author:  5pirit [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Hey guys I am new to Turing and I was wondering what I am doing wrong in this program? I keep getting an error. This is the program:
% This program was created by...
% This program was created on feb 13th
% This program calculates your average on 5 tests and outputs the percentage for each test

% declare variables
var test1 : int
var test2 : int
var test3 : int
var test4 : int
var test5 : int
var name : string
var percentontest1 : int
var percentontest2 : int
var percentontest3 : int
var percentontest4 : int
var percentontest5 : int
var test1markoutof : int
var test2markoutof : int
var test3markoutof : int
var test4markoutof : int
var test5markoutof : int
var average : int
var winID : int

% create window
winID := Window.Open ("position:top;left, graphics:800;600")
View.Set ("title:Window One")

% get user info
put "Hello! This program will calculate your average on 5 tests and your percent on each of those tests!" ..
delay (1500)
put "Firstly, I need to know your name!" ..
get name : *
put name, ",what was test 1 out of?" ..
get test1markoutof
put "Now I need to know your mark on test 1,", name
get test1
put name, ",what was test 2 out of?" ..
get test2markoutof
put "Great!"
put name, ",what was your mark on test 2?" ..
get test2
put name, ",what was test 3 out of? Enter it now" ..
get test3markoutof
put "Now...enter your mark on test 3,", name
get test3
put name, ",what was test 4 out of?"
get test4markoutof
put "Enter your mark on test 4,", name
get test4
put "Almost done,", name
put name, ",what was test 5 out of?" ..
get test5markoutof
put "Now finally, what was your mark on test 5?,", name
get test5

% formulas
percentontest1 := test1 / test1markoutof
percentontest2 := test2 / test2markoutof
percentontest3 := test3 / test3markoutof
percentontest4 := test4 / test4markoutof
percentontest5 := test5 / test5markoutof
average := percentontest1 + percentontest2 + percentontest3 + percentontest4 + percentontest5 / 5

% output results
put name, ",your mark on test one was"
delay (500)
put percentontest1, "%"
put name, ",your mark on test two was"
delay (500)
put percentontest2, "%"
put name, ",your mark on test three was"
delay (500)
put percentontest3, "%"
put name, ",your mark on test four was"
delay (500)
put percentontest4, "%"
put name, "your mark on test five was"
put percentontest5, "%"
put name, "your overall average is" ..
delay (1000)
put average
Author:  Tony [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Moved from General Programming, so it's missing "the template".

What is the error? How did you investigate it?
Author:  5pirit [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
I am getting an "assigned value is the wrong type" error. I have no clue what it means but its happening in the formula section.
Author:  Tony [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:41 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
It means that the type of the variable (integer, string, etc.) is different from what you are trying to save there.
Author:  mobin12 [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:36 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
you should define it as a 'real' instead of 'int'
So
Turing:

var percentontest1 : int
var percentontest2 : int
var percentontest3 : int
var percentontest4 : int
var percentontest5 : int
var average : int

the variables should be
Turing:

var percentontest1 : real
var percentontest2 : real
var percentontest3 : real
var percentontest4 : real
var percentontest5 : real
var average : real

'int' means it will be a whole number
'real' means it will be in decimals
Also you should multiply the 'perctontest' by 100
Turing:

percentontest1 := (test1 / test1markoutof) * 100
percentontest2 := (test2 / test2markoutof) * 100
percentontest3 := (test3 / test3markoutof) * 100
percentontest4 := (test4 / test4markoutof) * 100
percentontest5 := (test5 / test5markoutof) * 100
%And the average should be
average := (percentontest1 + percentontest2 + percentontest3 + percentontest4 + percentontest5) / 5

Hope that helped.
Author:  Raknarg [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:43 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
In case you were wondering why, it's because you are trying to assign a value with a decimal to a variable that only supports whole numbers
Author:  5pirit [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thank you so much!

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