[docmur]

Okay here's the problem I can't seem to figure out. I have a program called Calc, and the user enter a number on the command line such as 239.43. The inputed number gets stored in char *argv[] making, the 239.43 stored in argv[1] I need to test that for a decimal point so I can determine is it's a float or int. I just cant think of how to test it to check

[shabbir]

Check for . in the string.

[docmur]

Okay I tried that and it didn't work I'll post my code

#include<stdio.h>

#include<string.h>



char *FindChr(char *szString, char chr);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

{

float fValueOneInputed;

float fValueTwoInputed;
float fCalculatorStore;      

	//Test the input to see if the value entered if Float or Int
	FindChr(argv, '.');
	//Get the first input value in char form and take it to a float      	
	sscanf(argv[1],"%f",&fValueOneInputed);

	//Get the first input value in char form and take it to a float	
	sscanf(argv[3],"%f",&fValueTwoInputed);

	if(*argv[2] == '+')printf("%0.3f", fCalculatorStore = fValueOneInputed + fValueTwoInputed);

	if(*argv[2] == '-')printf("%0.3f", fCalculatorStore = fValueOneInputed - fValueTwoInputed);

	if(*argv[2] == 'x')printf("%0.3f", fCalculatorStore = fValueOneInputed * fValueTwoInputed);

	if(*argv[2] == '/')printf("%0.3f", fCalculatorStore = fValueOneInputed / fValueTwoInputed);
return 0;

}

char *FindChr(char *szString, char chr)

{

int iLoop;

    //Run the Loop though until the end of the string is located
    for(iLoop = 0; *(szString + iLoop) != '\0' ; iLoop++){

              if(*(szString + iLoop) != chr){

                            printf("Value inputed is float\n");

              }

              else

                            printf("Value inputed is int\n");

    }

//Return the array when the decimal is found
return (szString + iLoop);

}

When I run ./calc 200 + 200 or ./calc 200.20 + 200 no matter what I get return it's a float.

[shabbir]

You should be getting what you are getting because you should not be printing in every step what the number is but you should be going through the complete string and set a flag if you find the "." ( without quote ) and if flag is set it should be float or else not.