my very first program (C++ Learning Community)

Title: my very first program
Description: on my own!!

666kennedy - February 9, 2007 01:48 PM (GMT)

hey, with thanks to your help, i have the confidence to start writing my own program,

i thought i would make it useful, so one of my friends is having trouble with formulas so i thought i would use a simple "speed distance time" formula to get me started, anyway i have gone through it writing what i think is right, but im having a little bit of trouble, as im having loads of errors and i would like to know if im completely off the track with this...

CODE

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
#pragma hdrstop

//-------------------------------------------------------------------

using namespace std;

int main (void)
{
float SPEED; // variables s, d, t,
float DISTANCE;
float TIME;

cout << " please specify which variable you need ( SPEED, DISTANCE, TIME ): ";

if cin >> SPEED;
{
cout << " please enter distance ( metres ) : ";
cin >> DISTANCE;
cout << " please enter time ( seconds ) : ";
cin >> TIME;
cout << " speed is " << ( DISTANCE / TIME ) << " metres per second ";
}
else if cin >> DISTANCE;
{
cout << " please enter speed ( m/s ) : ";
cin >> SPEED;
cout << " please enter time ( seconds ) : ";
cin >> TIME;
cout << " distance is " << ( SPEED * TIME ) << " metres ";

}
else cin >> TIME;
{
cout << " please enter speed ( m/s ) : ";
cin >> SPEED;
cout << " please enter distance ( metres ) : ";
cin >> TIME;
cout << " time is " << ( DISTANCE / SPEED ) << " seconds ";
}
getch();

return 0;

}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------

thanks, i might have used if else statements wrong as i just learned them today!

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