From: Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM>
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Subject: Re: Newbies need help too! <smile>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:11:25 -0500, "Nite Hawk" <malcolm3 AT bulloch DOT net>
wrote:

>Ok so i'm a newbie but please help me out! Here is 2 problems I'm having
>(god is this embarassing!)
>1. when I try to divide "taxPercent/100" it's value turns out to be "0" (I'm
>dividing a whole # such as 6 by 100 to get .06)

Integer division rounds to 0. Try
  float taxFraction;
  taxFraction = taxPercent / 100.;

>2. How do I get a variable to contain a name? (I'm trying to get a name as a
>variable, is this possible?)
>
>I'll explain what I'm doing in #2 better:
>I'm using...
>int yourName;
>but when the person enters his/her name it only shows the first letter of
>that persons name and also it will end the program without letting you enter
>the other variables in.

  char name[256];
  puts("what's your name?");
  gets(name);

You're trying to learn how to do portable things.
It looks like you need alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++

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