so im creating a program on hours and minutes. and well my program basically works just that the output is a bit off.

#include <iostream>
#include <string> 
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

void getHours(int& input1, string& s);
void getMinutes(int& input2, string& s);
void calcTotalTime(int& input1, int& input2, int& input3, int& input4);
bool isValidMinutes(int);
bool isValidHours(int);
const int MAX_MINS = 59;
const int MAX_HOURS = 23;
const int MIN_MINS = 0;
const int MIN_HOURS = 0;
 
int main ()
{
    int hours, minutes, addedHours, addedMinutes;
    getHours(hours, (string)("Enter the number of hours for the starting time: "));
	getMinutes(minutes, (string)("Enter the number of minutes for the starting time: "));
    getHours (addedHours, (string)("Enter the number of hours to be added to the starting time: "));
    getMinutes (addedMinutes, (string)("Enter the number of minutes to be added to the starting time: "));
	calcTotalTime(hours, minutes, addedHours, addedMinutes);
    cout << "\nThe total time is " << hours << " hours and "
            << minutes << " minutes." << endl;
	system("pause");
    return 0;
}



void getHours (int& input1, string& s)
{
	bool result;
	do {
	cout << s;
	cin >> input1;
	result = isValidHours(input1);
	} while (result == false);
}

void getMinutes (int& input2, string& s)
{
	bool result2;
	do {
	cout << s;
	cin >> input2;
	result2 = isValidMinutes(input2);
	} while (result2 == false);
}

 void calcTotalTime(int& input1, int& input2, int& input3, int& input4)
 {
	
	int num1 = (input1 + input3);
	int num2 = (input2 + input4);
	int num3 = (num2 - 60);

	
		if (num2 > 59)
		{
		cout << "\nThe total time is " << (num1 + 1) << " hours and "
				<< num3 << " minutes." << endl;

		}
		else
		{
			cout << "\nThe total time is " << num1 << " hours and "
				<< num2 << " minutes." << endl;

		}

}

 

bool isValidHours (int x)
{
	if ( x >= 0 && x <= 23)
			return true;

	else 
		cout <<"Hours must be at least 0, and no more than 23" << endl;
	return false;
	

}

bool isValidMinutes (int xx)
{
	if ( xx >= 0 && xx <=59)
		return true;

	else 
		cout <<"Minutes must be at least 0, and no more than 59" << endl;
		
		return false;
}

if you run youll see i get to outputs of the total hours and minutes , 1 being the correct outout and the other the wrong output. if you dont get me just run the program and youll see my problem.

This program doesn't compile for me due to errors like this in line 19:

invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'std::string&' from a temporary of type 'std::string'

You're saying you were able to compile and run this?

really? it compiles for me and runs hmm...

It doesn't work because calcTotalTime() isn't changing the values of the input parameters.

>>really? it compiles for me and runs hmm...
Yes -- didn't you try to compile it :S

A compile attempt (gcc):

main.cpp: In function `int main()':
main.cpp:19: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'std::string&' from a temporary of type 'std::string'
main.cpp:6: error: in passing argument 2 of `void getHours(int&, std::string&)'
main.cpp:20: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'std::string&' from a temporary of type 'std::string'
main.cpp:7: error: in passing argument 2 of `void getMinutes(int&, std::string&)'
main.cpp:21: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'std::string&' from a temporary of type 'std::string'
main.cpp:6: error: in passing argument 2 of `void getHours(int&, std::string&)'
main.cpp:22: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'std::string&' from a temporary of type 'std::string'
main.cpp:7: error: in passing argument 2 of `void getMinutes(int&, std::string&)'
*** Errors occurred during this build ***

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