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Kira

Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:27 pm


New to Turing : Accumulator question

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hi, I'm new to turing. I just wanted to know if there's a way I can use an accumulator and add numbers when I cls a screen. Everytime i typed a number in...it doesn't add the number before(after I want to try again)....is there a way I can change it..so it could add? Here is the commands I used

var reply : string
loop
    cls
locate (4, 1)
    var GrossPay, total : real
    total := 0
    locate (1, 1)
    put "Enter the value of Gross Pay"
    locate (2, 1)
    put "$"
    locate (2, 2)
    get GrossPay
    total := GrossPay + total
    put "It totalled $", total : 5 : 2, " dollars."
    put "Do you want to try again? Answer y or n " ..
    get reply
    exit when reply = "n"                              
    loop
        exit
    end loop
end loop


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Zampano

Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:47 pm


Re: New to Turing : Accumulator question

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Every time you reenter the loop, you are redeclaring total as 0. Therefore your program is getting the gross pay, adding it to the total, making the total 0 again, and doing again and again. Put total:=0 outside the loop. Also, declare your variables at the beginning of the program as a manner of good programming habit.


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Kira

Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:50 pm


RE:New to Turing : Accumulator question

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Thank You so much!


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Zampano

Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:50 pm


Re: New to Turing : Accumulator question

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Sure.