Error: greedy cash input of 0.41 yields output of 4

Question

I'm getting an error and I can't figure out the solution to this problem. I get an error at check cs50: "input of 0.41 yields output of 4; expected "4\n", not "You typed: 0.41..."

Here is my code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <math.h>

int main (void)

{

float cents;
int coins, change;

do
{
    cents = get_float ("Change: ");
} while (cents <= 0);

change = (int) roundf(cents * 100);

printf("You typed: %f\n", cents);
printf("You typed: %d\n", change);

for (coins = 0; change > 0; coins++)
{

if (change >= 25)
{
    change -= 25;
}
else if (change < 25 && change >= 10)
{
    change -= 10;
}
else if (change < 10 && change >= 5)
{
    change -= 5;
}
else
{
    change -= 1;
}
}

printf("Coins: %d\n", coins);

}

I searched for a solution to this problem but I could not find anything that worked. Thank you for your time!

Answer 1

check50 does an automated test.

This means that some program will look at your output, and tries to see whether it is the same as expected.

Actually, the specifications say:

we ask that your program’s last line of output be only the minimum number of coins possible: an integer followed by \n.

Therefore, the program looks at all your output, and checks (for this input) whether it is exactly the same as 4\n. And in your case, it isn't ...

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