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Over the summer I've tried to learn Obj-C but it didn't work out. Last month I tried learning Java but I just don't understand it. I want to learn to program but I can't get it through my head. All of the programming books show you how to write the language, but NOT how to use it! The programming examples are all very basic. They don't show you how to develop complex programs that actually do anything useful! I need help! I want to learn to program!

[Water Aura]

I have an API that was posted on here for Tagged.com So i decided I was going to make a small bot taht would make the Tagged experience way easier ;).

My problem is I dont know how to either carry the cookies from function to function or where to insert my code into the api.

I have added some pics below: First is of API and second is of my code.

API
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My code to navigate and verify other page.

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Thank you to any help i get.

I don't think you'd be getting any help from them as apparently they didn't accept anyone that knew .NET (I applied [not using shitty .NET])

Though I think you have to access the page and save the cookies as a text then you can carry on the cookies.

Anyways good luck.

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Not trying to inspire any hate, but you didn't accept Pillows?

A shame.

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In your opinion, what's the best general use programming language?

Personally I would learn a scripting language -> programming language

Cause scripting languages are easier to understand and it's fun to play with until you get to the hardcore stuff ;)

-Help from someone that's not in specialist ;).

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Over the summer I've tried to learn Obj-C but it didn't work out. Last month I tried learning Java but I just don't understand it. I want to learn to program but I can't get it through my head. All of the programming books show you how to write the language, but NOT how to use it! The programming examples are all very basic. They don't show you how to develop complex programs that actually do anything useful! I need help! I want to learn to program!

Personally I suggest you to explore for yourself.

Don't rely on examples that long, read libraries/apis for the pre-conditions and post-conditions thus letting you learn what it does.

[SIM-2015410]

I don't think you'd be getting any help from them as apparently they didn't accept anyone that knew .NET (I applied [not using shitty .NET])

I know. NET and I am about to help him.
I am sorry you didn't get accepted, and you are welcome to help here regardless, if you want to.

Over the summer I've tried to learn Obj-C but it didn't work out. Last month I tried learning Java but I just don't understand it. I want to learn to program but I can't get it through my head. All of the programming books show you how to write the language, but NOT how to use it! The programming examples are all very basic. They don't show you how to develop complex programs that actually do anything useful! I need help! I want to learn to program!

Perhaps you should try python. It is quite a good language for beginners. Once you get your head around he language, you can move on by yourself, because no book can each everything. Just find an idea for a project and start working on it. If you find something you don't know, just have a search on Google, or even ask for help here with specifics. But the best thing to do is just try.

In your opinion, what's the best general use programming language?

I would be inclined to suggest Java. Java is a write once run anywhere language, and can be used when coding android apps, desktop software and applets, so it is definitely a general purpose language.

I have an API that was posted on here for Tagged.com So i decided I was going to make a small bot taht would make the Tagged experience way easier ;).

My problem is I dont know how to either carry the cookies from function to function or where to insert my code into the api.

I have added some pics below: First is of API and second is of my code.

API


My code to navigate and verify other page.



Thank you to any help i get.

I believe that you should be able to pass the cookie container to other functions, etc, or merely read the values contained in the cookies and pass them as strings.
Do you understand how the api code actually works? Once you understand it, you can more easily modify it. The code displayed is simply code to set HTTP headers of a Web request, in order to interact with the webpage.

[Vegas]

So, my first inquiry begins:

I'm making a program (Beginning C) for the billing segment of a voip phone provider that accepts input for a customer number, purchased payment plan and amount of hours used. It then verifies that the input is entered validly, and calculates their monthly bill and also says how much they would have saved if they had gone with package B (if they used package A) or C (if they used package B)

I'm getting pretty comprehensive with the fundamentals of C and Java but we're just scratching the surface on pointers and case/switches, so I have to incorporate those. This is where my variable pointers for the equations would come in, but I'm not really comfortable with them yet. I could really use some pointing in the right direction for calculating these different inputs to make the invoice. I've worked this out so far but I'm not totally sure on the syntax of my pointers either:

Code

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void getData( int *custNo, char *package, double *hours);
double calcCharges( char type, double hours );
void invoice( int custNo, char package, double hours );
int main( void );

int main( void )
{
    int custNo = 0;
    char package = 'a';
    double hours = 0.0;
  /*  double calculatedCharges; */

    printf("To determine your amount owed, enter your customer info:\n");
    getData(&custNo, &package, &hours);
  /*  calculatedCharges = calcCharges( package, hours ); */

}

void getData(int *custNo, char *package, double *hours)
{
    printf("Enter your  5-digit Customer Number\n");
    scanf("%d", custNo);
    printf("Enter your Internet/Phone Package (A B or C)\n");
    scanf("%c", package);
    /*printf("Enter your number of Hours Worked in a decimal number\n");*/
    /*scanf("%lf", hours); */

    if ( (*custNo >= 10000) && (*custNo <= 99999) && ( (*package = 'a') || (*package = 'b') || (*package = 'c') )      )   /*    && ( *package = 'A' )  )     || 'B' || 'C' ) )  && ( *hours > 0 )) */
    {
      printf("value of is ") ;
      /* invoice( int custNo, char package, double hours ); */
    }
    else
    {
      /*printf("You didn't enter valid customer details.")
      main( void )*/
    }
}
/* double calcCharges(  char package, double hours )
{
    Case package = 'A', 'a'
      if
      {
      printf("you have entered less than 5 hours\n")
      }
      else
      {

      }
}

void invoice( int custNo, char package, double hours )
{
    printf("Your invoice:\n
    Amount owed = ")
}

}
*/

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I'm also not getting an opportunity to input anything for the Package char A/B/C, hence the comments on the final input statement (currently debugging to no avail)

[SIM-2015410]

So, my first inquiry begins:

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Ok, this is quite a long question so I will do my best to work through it. I will edit my post as I go.

If you are confuded about pointers, let me provide a quick explanation:
* is used to declare a pointer. A pointer holds the ADDRESS of another variable in memory, not its value.
& is used to get the address of a variable in memory, in order to store it in a pointer, or reference the memory location directly (like in the scan statement). But in this scan statement, we are passing pointers, so they already hold the address and we don't need to use &
when the pointer is used as a variable, it stores the memory location, so printf( custNo ); will print out the memory location, whereas printf( *custNo ); will print out the value.

I rewrote your code, working solution below. I have no idea what the charges are supposed to be so I just wrote different calculations in each plan, but I will explain any parts you don't understand to you:

Code

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void getData( int *custNo, char *package, double *hours);
double calcCharges( char type, double hours );
void invoice( int custNo, char package, double hours );
int main( void );

int main( void )
{
    int custNo = 0;
    char package = 'a';
    double hours = 0.0;

    printf("To determine your amount owed, enter your customer info:\n");
    getData(&custNo, &package, &hours);
    invoice(custNo, package, hours);
    double calculatedCharges = calcCharges( package, hours );
    printf("Amount Owed: %lf\n", calculatedCharges);

    system("PAUSE");    
    return 0;

}

void getData(int *custNo, char *package, double *hours)
{
    printf("Enter your 5-digit Customer Number\n");
    scanf("%i", custNo);
    scanf("%c", package); //this is to stop the next step being skipped

    printf("Enter your Internet/Phone Package (A B or C)\n");
    scanf("%c", package);

    printf("Enter your number of Hours worked\n");
    scanf("%lf", hours);

    if (!((*custNo >= 10000) && (*custNo <= 99999) && ((*package == 'a') || (*package == 'b') || (*package == 'c') || (*package == 'A') || (*package == 'B') || (*package == 'C')) && (*hours > 0)))
    {
      printf("You didn't enter valid customer details.\n");
      main();
    }
}
double calcCharges(  char package, double hours )
{
      double charges = 0;
      switch(package){

      case 'a' :
      case 'A' :
      charges = hours * 9.50;
      break;

      case 'b' :
      case 'B' :
      charges = hours * 10.50;
      break;

      case 'c' :
      case 'C' :
      charges = hours * 12.00;
      break;

      }
      return charges;
}

void invoice( int custNo, char package, double hours )
{
    printf("Your invoice:\n");
    printf("Customer Number: %i\n", custNo);
    printf("Package: %c\n", package);
    printf("Hours: %lf\n", hours);
}

I guessed that the reason why the 2nd input was being skipped, was that it thought it already had input - from the first statement. So I just added a random scan statement in before that to catch this extra unwanted input, and it worked fine.

[Vegas]

Awesome! This is a bit easier to understand now. I mean it's going to take some getting used to for me to just be second-nature with pointers but I get the point I think. I really like how you set up the verification condition of { if !(customerInfoVerifications) }, I would never have thought of that.

First question:
I'm not familiar with what you're using here:
system("PAUSE");
Not something we've gone over and I can't seem to find it in my notes but I'll look it up right now. Anyway, what does it do for this particular program?

Lastly, I'm guessing that to calculate the amount a customer would have saved with another package is going to need something along the lines of like
{
if (inputHours > hoursPackageA)
...
}
and then adding up the charge for overage (.08 / minute) on top of the original charge, right? That's the most efficient way I could think of doing it, but it's still kind of new to me just plugging a mathematical scenario into a code.

[SIM-2015410]

Awesome! This is a bit easier to understand now. I mean it's going to take some getting used to for me to just be second-nature with pointers but I get the point I think. I really like how you set up the verification condition of { if !(customerInfoVerifications) }, I would never have thought of that.

First question:
I'm not familiar with what you're using here:
system("PAUSE");
Not something we've gone over and I can't seem to find it in my notes but I'll look it up right now. Anyway, what does it do for this particular program?

Lastly, I'm guessing that to calculate the amount a customer would have saved with another package is going to need something along the lines of like
{
if (inputHours > hoursPackageA)
...
}
and then adding up the charge for overage (.08 / minute) on top of the original charge, right? That's the most efficient way I could think of doing it, but it's still kind of new to me just plugging a mathematical scenario into a code.

System("PAUSE"); just makes the program stop at the end, with "press any key to continue..." so that it doesn't close straight away. I just added it because my compiler closes the program straight away without it.
Maths and code go hand in hand. Certainly, just plug the maths straight in. Code is logical, and so once you know what to do in your head, just write it in the code :)

Cost at 0.08 per minute:

Code

double minutes = 60 * hours;
double minutesDifference = minutes - (hoursPackageA * 60);
double totalCost = 0.08 * minutesDifference;

[hellomen]

Great a one-thread based stackoverflow...

I don't think it will workout, nice idea tho'

[Vegas]

Great a one-thread based stackoverflow...

I don't think it will workout, nice idea tho'

Certainly working out for me c:

Thanks Mesh, this has shed a good amount of light on my project.

[hellomen]

Certainly working out for me c:

Thanks Mesh, this has shed a good amount of light on my project.

1 based on a thousand is not what I meant with "I don't think its gonna workout"
Therefor you could just have posted a help thread or used google, pretty sure its asked before, therefor you even could've asked it at stackoverflow.

[Vegas]

I really don't think the aim of this sub-group helpdesk is to compete with stack overflow 😏

[ObscureCoder]

System("PAUSE"); just makes the program stop at the end, with "press any key to continue..."

That's windows specific though.

A better way to do it would be getchar() although I'm guessing Vegas is programming on Windows so it doesn't matter much anyway. Just sayin' yo.

[SIM-2015410]

That's windows specific though.

A better way to do it would be getchar() although I'm guessing Vegas is programming on Windows so it doesn't matter much anyway. Just sayin' yo.

I know, as I stated, I just added it in for my own compiler. He can remove it if he wishes, I didn't mean for my solution to his issue to be fully copied, just used as a guide.

[Vegas]

I'm still working on this same assignment (with the calculating of internet package costs) and have made some progress both in understanding and, well... progress.

Still, this is pretty intimidating. I can work out most of it but I keep running into more errors that I don't understand. Pointers are slowly becoming comprehensible to me, though they need much reinforcement. I really appreciate all the help I've received so far.

I'm going to hit the tutoring lab for programming tomorrow, but it's only open for like an hour on Fridays.

If someone finds some time tonight and can make a session on skype or whatever to help me out, I'd love some more assistance. This is a doozie l:
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[SIM-2015410]

If someone finds some time tonight and can make a session on skype or whatever to help me out, I'd love some more assistance. This is a doozie l:
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