Anyone Know How to Program in C?

[IH8PunkRok]

im trying to make basically a quiz

input and answer if correct move to the next question

my code is a follows:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main()

{

int a ;

char b ;

do {

printf("\nOpposite of 666: ");

scanf("%d" , &a);

if (a==999) {

printf("\nCorrect\n");

printf("Next Question\n");

printf("\n");

do {

printf("\nThe 13th letter of the alphabet is:");

scanf("%d" , &;

if (b=='m') {

printf("\nCorrect\n");

printf("Next Question\n");

printf("\n");

}

else {

printf("\nIncorrect Learn Your Alphabet, or How to Count... ");

}

printf("\n");

} while(b=='a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z');

}

else {

printf("\nIncorrect");

}

printf("\n");

} while (a<1000);

}

now when enter m as the answer to the 13th letter of the alphabet it goes on a loop of "Incorrect Learn Your Alphabet, or How to Count... ");

i cant figure out why it does this

anyone know why?

btw if it wasnt apparent today was my first day in programming class. im just playing around with the program

[bkolfo4]

To start with, you have 'm' in the if statement and the while statement, so even if you enter, m, it will ask the question again.

Fix that and then tell me what it does.

[bkolfo4]

do {

printf("\nThe 13th letter of the alphabet is:");

scanf("%d" , &;

I think that should be:

scanf("%c", &;

[IH8PunkRok]

still the same repeated sequence of failure

[IH8PunkRok]

ok well with that %c change i can answer now

but after i answer the first question it gives me the second question and an automatic incorrect then brings up the question again for me to answer. then it works

[bkolfo4]

Can you cut and paste what happens when you run the program?

Been a long time since I have programmed, and I learned C++.

[IH8PunkRok]

all i did was type in 999 and hit enter

that is what came up

[bkolfo4]

If you type m at that point, what does it do?

[IH8PunkRok]

this

which is basically right but with one minor error

[bkolfo4]

It could be that you have a new line character in the buffer and it is reading it as the character the first time through. . .

What happens if you type an m at that point, and what happens if you type another character at that point?

Also note you can say if b != 'm' in that while statement instead of typing == and all of the letters of the alphabet.

Brian