C++ help for someone using the program for the first time today?

Okay, I need some help with "if" statements.





I'm trying to get across to the program...





if theMonth == 4


AND


theDate %26gt;= 1 %26amp;%26amp; theDate %26lt;=19


THEN


(say a statement)





I've tried it as...





cout %26lt;%26lt; "So, what day where you born?" %26lt;%26lt; endl;


int theDate;


cin %26gt;%26gt; theDate;


if((theMonth==4)%26amp;%26amp;(theDate %26gt;=1 %26amp;%26amp; theDate %26lt;= 19))


cout %26lt;%26lt; "I didn't know you were an Aries!" %26lt;%26lt; endl;





But it isn't working! All that happens is when it's executed, it shows..


"So, what day where you born?"


And you input a number between 1 and 19, it asks you to hit another key to close the program.





For the record, earlier in the coding, I did...





int theMonth


cout %26lt;%26lt; "What month were you born?";


cin %26gt;%26gt; theMonth


(switch/case stuff)


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Ah, so you were born in (month)".





I follow the instructions correctly. Input four, get it to say April. Then later I input a number like 15 for the date, and it doesn't work.





Help?

C++ help for someone using the program for the first time today?
EDIT: Just seen your full program - birthMonth is a char and therefore fails the test





if(birthMonth == 4) .





Change the condition to if(birthMonth == '4')











This is a working version of your program:





#include %26lt;conio.h%26gt;


#include %26lt;iostream.h%26gt;





void main()


{


int theMonth, theDate;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "So, what month where you born?" %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cin %26gt;%26gt; theMonth;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "So, what day where you born?" %26lt;%26lt; endl;


cin %26gt;%26gt; theDate;


if((theMonth==4)%26amp;%26amp;(theDate %26gt;=1) %26amp;%26amp; (theDate %26lt;= 19)) {


cout %26lt;%26lt; "I didn't know you were an Aries!" %26lt;%26lt; endl;


}


getch();


}





It's always best to put brackets around if and else statements by habit like this:





if(month == 4)


{


// code


}


else


{


// code


}
Reply:On your If statement be sure you have { open brackets after the criteria and } at the end. I did not see that unless your using ( and ). Which is not the correct symbol for the if statement to be closed in the code.
Reply:not enough information. Doesn't look like C++ in the first place. You'll need to post the actual code (copy/paste) and then you need to say what compiler you are using and what operating system and so on.





The IF statement must be followed by a complete boolean expression in parentheses. In one of your code snippets you have two expressions following the IF... I'm surprised it compiles that way.





If you have a choice, switch to C# right away. It is a much better language, and it will catch programming errors like the one I mention. It won't compile that and you'll know right away what you did wrong. You are missing brackets and so on... and C++ is doing exactly what you told it to do... basically nothing. You don't have a code block after the IF....

marguerite