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cs50 Problem Set 1: Greedy. float 0.01 problem

Most of the problem is that no matter what you do, you keep putting the result back into change, a float. Floats have this nasty little problem that they don't store fractional parts of a number, the …
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CS50 problem set 1 cash

Try printing out the value of cents after each calculation and think about the effect of integer division vs. regular division. Does the code track BOTH the number of coins for each denomination AND t …
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Nothing prints in Mario Problem

You have set up the while condition incorrectly. Your do/while loop is this: do { ... } while (h>=1 || h<=8); You have essentially created an infinite loop. Think about the test condition. It …
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problem set cash: why am I getting really high numbers in my return?

It looks to me like it's stuck in an infinite loop. Let's look at one of your functions. int calculate_quarters(int cents) { int quarters; while (cents >= 25) { quarters = (cents / …
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What's marking procedure?

I can't speak with total authority, but you should get partial credit if it passes some of the check50 tests. It's not an all-or-nothing deal. Also, you can always try it. If you don't have a score …
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Cash Program not returning correct value for .41

Have you tried printing out the value stored in cents before calculating the number of coins? Perhaps print out the value in dollar to 32 decimal places? The problem lies here: int cents = dollar * 1 …
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Problem set 1 Mario variable issue

It's a scope issue. The variable "h" is created inside the curly braces, so it ceases to exist after the closing brace, where it is tested. In other words, h only exists between the curly braces on li …
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