function passing not returning proper value

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  1. musicmancanora4

    musicmancanora4 New Member

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    Hi guys im having a slight problem passing the month and year variable to a function that i have created called int totalDays(unsigned year, unsigned month) now when i do a print inside the function it prints 0. Even though i have inputted using a key for example 6 for the month and 2006 for the year.


    So pretty much after i have entered the input for month and year it does not carry the value that i have entered into the totalDays function instead its always 0 why is that?




    Code:
    int main(void)
    {
       unsigned  month;
       unsigned  year;
       int i;
       int daysOfMonth[] = {31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};
       
       
       month = getMonth();
       year  = getYear();
      
       displayCalendar(month, year);
       
       /* function call : if its a leap year february is now 29 days instead of 28*/
       if(isLeapYear(year))
       {
          
          daysOfMonth[1] = 29;  /* change feb to 29 days*/
       }
        
       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    
    
    /****************************************************************************
    * Function getMonth() prompt the user for a number MIN_MONTH to MAX_MONTH and
    * returns that number. The number 0 is valid because this indicates that the
    * user wants to select all months.
    ****************************************************************************/
    unsigned getMonth()
    {
       
       /*** declare variables*/
      
      
      char *prompt = "Please enter a month between 0 - 12 !\n";
      char *month;
      int valMonth;
      int monthValid;
      
      do
      {
      monthValid = TRUE;
      month = getUserInput(prompt);
      
      valMonth = strtod(month,NULL);
      monthValid = validateMonth(valMonth);
      }
      while(!monthValid);
      /*printf("hello %s",month);*/
      /*printf("Please enter a month between 0 - 12\n");*/
    
     
      /* validation check if month entered is less then 0 > 12*/ 
     
      
      /*doint arr[] = {1,2,3};
      {
            fgets(buff, BUFF_SIZE, stdin);
    	
            
    	*month = atoi(buff); 
           
    	while(flag == 1 || *month <0 || *month >12)
    	{
    	   flag = 0;
    	   
    	   printf("Wrong input for month from 0 - 12 only!\n");
    	   printf("Please enter a month between 0 - 12\n");
    	   
    	   fgets(buff, BUFF_SIZE, stdin);
    	   *month = atoi(buff); month = getUserInput(prompt, result);
      tmpMonth = validateMonth(valMonth, prompt, result);
    	
    	}
       
    	month
           
    	
    	                    
    	
           
       }
       while(flag != 0 );
              */
            
       
       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    
    }
    
    
    /****************************************************************************
    * Function getYear() prompts the user for a number MIN_YEAR to MAX_YEAR and
    * returns that number.
    ****************************************************************************/
    unsigned getYear(char *month)
    {
       char *prompt = "Please enter the year\n";
       char *year;
       int valYear;
       int yearValid;
       
       do
       {
         year = getUserInput(prompt);
         valYear = strtod(year,NULL);
         yearValid = validateYear(valYear);
         
       }
       while(!yearValid);
       
       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    
    
    /****************************************************************************
    * Function displayCalendar() displays the calendar for the user.
    * The function will display the calendar for a whole month.
    * If the user supplied a month of "0", then a calendar for a whole year
    * is displayed instead each month displayed under the previous one (you
    * don't need to try to display months side by side).
    * Give attention to getting the output format exactly as shown below
    * (including headings and alignment). Here's an example for March 2006:
    * --------------------
    *      March 2006
    *  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
    *           1  2  3  4
    *  5  6  7  8  9 10 11
    * 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    * 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    * 26 27 28 29 30 31
    * 
    ****************************************************************************/
    void displayCalendar(unsigned month, unsigned year)
    {
       /* function called totalDays();*/
       /* total days % 7 finds out how many spaces for each month*/
       /* figure out when to print a new line*/
       int calDays;
       
       calDays = totalDays(month, year);
       
    }
    
    
    /****************************************************************************
    * Function readRestOfLine() is used for buffer clearing. Source: 
    * https://inside.cs.rmit.edu.au/~sdb/teaching/C-Prog/CourseDocuments/
    * FrequentlyAskedQuestions/
    ****************************************************************************/
    void readRestOfLine()
    {
       int c;
    
       /* Read until the end of the line or end-of-file. */   
       while ((c = fgetc(stdin)) != '\n' && c != EOF);
    
       /* Clear the error and end-of-file flags. */
       clearerr(stdin);
    }
    
    char* getUserInput(char *prompt)
    {
       char *result;
       char buff[BUFF_SIZE];
       
       printf(prompt);
       
       result = fgets(buff, BUFF_SIZE, stdin);
       
       
        if(result == NULL)
        {
           
            printf("Error please enter the input again!\n");
       
        }
        else if(result[strlen(result)-1] != '\n')
        {
            readRestOfLine();
        }
        
      
        return result;
       
       
    }
    
    int validateMonth(unsigned  month)
    {
       
         if(month<0 || month>12) /* flag 1 for true*/
         {
    	
            printf("Month error 0 or less or equal to 12 please\n");
    	return FALSE;
         }
         
         return TRUE;
         
         /*return 1;*/
    }
    
    int validateYear(unsigned year)
    {
       
       if(year<0 || year>3000)
       {
          printf("between 0 - 3000 only!!\n");
          return FALSE;
       }
       
       return TRUE;
    }
    
    int isLeapYear(unsigned year)
    {
       if((year%400 == 0)|| ( year%4==0 && year % 100 != 0))
       {
          
          return TRUE; 
       }
       else
       {
          return FALSE;
       }
      
    }
    
    int totalDays(unsigned year, unsigned month)
    {
    
        printf("year is:%d  month is:%d", year, month); 
    
    /******* in here it should print what i have inputted in the month and year but it always gives me 0? why is that?*******/
       
       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    
    
    
    
     
  2. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Re: do while prob on validation

    I have moved this into a new thread.
     
  3. coderzone

    coderzone Super Moderator

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    Because you are returning the EXIT_SUCCESS and assigning that into the month variable and then printing it.
     

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