[moogle1979]

I just talked to the teacher and when confronted he said, he never mentioned it because everyone is assumed to have windows which automatically returns 0

This has happened before the teacher posted the following program used from an example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <system.h>

/********************************************
FUNCTION PROTOTYPES
********************************************/
int sportsQuestion(void);
int geographyQuestion(void);
void pause(int);
/*******************************************/
/********************************************
GLOBAL VARIABLE
********************************************/
int giResponse = 0;
/*******************************************/
main()
{
   do {
      clrscr();
      printf("\n\tTHE TRIVIA GAME\n\n");
      printf("1\tSports\n");
      printf("2\tGeography\n");
      printf("3\tQuit\n");
      printf("\n\nEnter your selection: ");
      scanf("%d", &giResponse);
      switch(giResponse) {
      case 1:
         if (sportsQuestion() == 4)
            printf("\nCorrect!\n");
         else
            printf("\nIncorrect\n");
         pause(2);
         break;
      case 2:
         if (geographyQuestion() == 2)
            printf("\nCorrect!\n");
         else
            printf("\nIncorrect\n");
         pause(2);
         break;
      } //end switch
   } while ( giResponse != 3 );
} //end main function
  /**********************************************************
  FUNCTION DEFINITION
**********************************************************/
int sportsQuestion(void)
{
   int iAnswer = 0;
   clrscr();
   printf("\tSports Question\n");
   printf("\nWhat University did NFL star Deon Sanders attend? ");
   printf("\n\n1\tUniversity of Miami\n");
   printf("2\tCalifornia State University\n");
   printf("3\tIndiana University\n");
   printf("4\tFlorida State University\n");
   printf("\nEnter your selection: ");
   scanf("%d", &iAnswer);
   return iAnswer;
} //end sportsQuestion function
  /**********************************************************
  FUNCTION DEFINITION
**********************************************************/
int geographyQuestion(void)
{
   int iAnswer = 0;
   clrscr();
   printf("\tGeography Question\n");
   printf("\nWhat is the state capital of Florida? ");
   printf("\n\n1\tPensacola\n");
   printf("2\tTallahassee\n");
   printf("3\tJacksonville\n");
   printf("4\tMiami\n");
   printf("\nEnter your selection: ");
   scanf("%d", &iAnswer);
   return iAnswer;
} //end geographyQuestion function
  /***********************************************************
  FUNCTION DEFINITION
************************************************************/
void pause(int inNum)
{
   int iCurrentTime = 0;
   int iElapsedTime = 0;
   iCurrentTime = time(NULL);
   do {
      iElapsedTime = time(NULL);
   } while ( (iElapsedTime - iCurrentTime) < inNum );
} // end pause function

The problem with this is the compiler they recommend accept non-ANSI functions like clrscr, however since Miracle C does not run on my Operating System I had to use Dev C++ "which I am glad I did" because I found out clrscr does not run on Dev C++ because it is a Borland Expression from conio.h which is not standard ANSI. I posed this to him and he had no solution except to force the compiler to use it with voids. I looked it up and found out the standard ANSI for something like that is

system("cls");

I do so much research because I do not put much stock in what the teacher says. Some they say is good but they like teaching non-portable ways and do not even mention portable options.