I am having problem with converting and initializing errors. Any help is appreciated. I am a 2 yr Computer Science major, so be gentle.

Here is Code: Sorry its long!

// Kyle Bennett
// CS 318
// Paint Throwing Disturbance

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>  // set width and decimal
#include <fstream> // use file input and output
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

ofstream outfile;

int zero(float);
int zeroout(int);
float compute(int, float);
float average(float);
void outavg(float);
float myseat(float, int, int);
float bradyseat(float, int, int);
void outmenbrady(int, int, int, int);
int total(int, int);
int success(int, int, int);
void outsucc(int, int);

int main()
{
    outfile.open("PaintOut.out");  //open outfile
    if (!outfile)                // check outfile
    {
        outfile << "Output file did not open.\n";
        return 1;
    }

    int seats[9][13];
    float avg[9][13];

    int bags = 40;
    int count = 0;

    int mr = 0;
    int mc = 0;
    int ir = 0;
    int ic = 0;

    zero(avg);

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        zeroout(seats);
        compute(seats, avg, bags);
    }

    average(avg);

    outavg(avg);

    myseat(avg, mr, mc);

    bradyseat(avg, ir, ic);

    outmenbrady(mr, mc, ir, ic);

    total(seats, bags);

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        zeroout(seats);
        success(seats, bags, count);
    }

    outsucc(bags, count);

    outfile.close();

    return 0;
}

int zero(float a[9][13])
{
    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
        {
            a[i][j] = 0;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

int zeroout(int a[9][13])
{
    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
        {
            a[i][j] = 0;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

int compute(int a[9][13], float b[9][13], int d)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < d; i++)
    {
        int r = rand() % 8 + 1;
        int c = rand() % 12 + 1;

        a[r][c] = a[r][c] + 2;

        if (r != 1)
        {
            a[(r-1)][c] = a[(r-1)][c] + 1;
        }

        if (r != 8)
        {
            a[(r+1)][c] = a[(r+1)][c] + 1;
        }

        if (c != 1)
        {
            a[r][(c-1)] = a[r][(c-1)] + 1;
        }

        if (c != 12)
        {
            a[r][(c+1)] = a[r][(c+1)] + 1;
        }
    }

    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
        {
            b[i][j] = b[i][j] + a[i][j];
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

float average(float a[9][13])
{
    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
        {
            a[i][j] = a[i][j] / 90.0;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

void outavg(float a[9][13])
{
    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j < 13; j++)
        {
            outfile << setw(5) << a[i][j] << " ";
        }
        outfile << endl;
    }

    outfile << endl << endl;
}

float myseat(float a[9][13], int &b, int &c)
{
    int temp = a[1][1];

	for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
	{
		for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
		{
			if (a[i][j] < temp)
			{
				temp = a[i][j];
				b = i;
				c = j;
			}
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

float bradyseat(float a[9][13], int &b, int &c)
{
    int temp = a[1][1];

	for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
	{
		for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
		{
			if (a[i][j] > temp)
			{
				temp = a[i][j];
				b = i;
				c = j;
			}
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

void outmenbrady(int a, int b, int c, int d)
{
    outfile << "I would sit in row " << a << " and column " << b << ".\n";
    outfile << "I would put Dr. Brady Rimes in row " << c << " and column " << d << ".\n";
    outfile << endl << endl;
}

int total(int a[9][13], int &b)
{
    float pct = 0;
    int hold = 0;

    b = b - 1;

    while(pct <= .75)
    {
        b++;

        for (int i = 0; i < b; i++)
        {
            int r = rand() % 8 + 1;
            int c = rand() % 12 + 1;

            a[r][c] = a[r][c] + 2;

            if (r != 1)
            {
                a[(r-1)][c] = a[(r-1)][c] + 1;
            }

            if (r != 8)
            {
                a[(r+1)][c] = a[(r+1)][c] + 1;
            }

            if (c != 1)
            {
                a[r][(c-1)] = a[r][(c-1)] + 1;
            }

            if (c != 12)
            {
                a[r][(c+1)] = a[r][(c+1)] + 1;
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0;j < 13; j++)
            {
                if (a[i][j] >= 3 || a[i][j] < 5)
                {
                    hold = hold + 1;
                }
            }
        }

        pct = hold / 96.0;
    }

    return 0;
}

int success(int a[9][13], int b, int &d)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < b; i++)
    {
        int r = rand() % 8 + 1;
        int c = rand() % 12 + 1;

        a[r][c] = a[r][c] + 2;

        if (a[r][c] >= 5)
        {
            i = b;
            return 1;
        }

        if (r != 1)
        {
            a[(r-1)][c] = a[(r-1)][c] + 1;
        }

        if (a[(r-1)][c] >= 5)
        {
            i = b;
            return 1;
        }

        if (r != 8)
        {
            a[(r+1)][c] = a[(r+1)][c] + 1;
        }

        if (a[(r+1)][c] >= 5)
        {
            i = b;
            return 1;
        }

        if (c != 1)
        {
            a[r][(c-1)] = a[r][(c-1)] + 1;
        }

        if (a[r][(c-1)] >= 5)
        {
            i = b;
            return 1;
        }

        if (c != 12)
        {
            a[r][(c+1)] = a[r][(c+1)] + 1;
        }

        if (a[r][(c+1)] >= 5)
        {
            i = b;
            return 1;
        }
    }

    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 1; j < 13; j++)
        {
            if (a[i][j] >= 3)
            {
                d = d + 1;
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

void outsucc(int a, int b)
{
    outfile << "It takes " << a << " bags to cover 75% of the students with 3 cups of paint, \n";
    outfile << "and not drown any students with more than 5 cups of paint.\n\n";

    outfile << "With using " << a << " bags there was " << b << " successes out of 100 trails, \n";
    outfile << "that still stayed within the constrains.\n";
}

Now here is the error log with line numbers.


||In function 'int main()':|
|46|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '1' to 'int zero(float)'|
|50|error: invalid conversion from 'int (*)[13]' to 'int'|
|50|error: initializing argument 1 of 'int zeroout(int)'|
|51|error: invalid conversion from 'int (*)[13]' to 'int'|
|51|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '2' to 'float compute(int, float)'|
|54|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '1' to 'float average(float)'|
|56|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '1' to 'void outavg(float)'|
|58|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '1' to 'float myseat(float, int, int)'|
|60|error: cannot convert 'float (*)[13]' to 'float' for argument '1' to 'float bradyseat(float, int, int)'|
|64|error: invalid conversion from 'int (*)[13]' to 'int'|
|64|error: initializing argument 1 of 'int total(int, int)'|
|68|error: invalid conversion from 'int (*)[13]' to 'int'|
|68|error: initializing argument 1 of 'int zeroout(int)'|
|69|error: invalid conversion from 'int (*)[13]' to 'int'|
|69|error: initializing argument 1 of 'int success(int, int, int)'|
||=== Build finished: 15 errors, 0 warnings ===|


Please any help would be very appreciative.

This int zero(float); has to match this int zero(float a[9][13]) . Same goes for the rest.

I would think you shouldn't declare your variables like you did[ float zero(float);].And why are you declaring them like variables when they are methods?
Ima newb programming only a year of experience but I've never seen it done like that.

This int zero(float); has to match this int zero(float a[9][13]) . Same goes for the rest.

I am not sure what you mean by that... what would I change?

I would think you shouldn't declare your variables like you did[ float zero(float);].And why are you declaring them like variables when they are methods?
Ima newb programming only a year of experience but I've never seen it done like that.

those are prototypes, so compiler knows that there is a function somewhere in the code that is associated with that line.

I would think you shouldn't declare your variables like you did[ float zero(float);].And why are you declaring them like variables when they are methods?
Ima newb programming only a year of experience but I've never seen it done like that.

Technically, they are functions. "Methods" are functions specifically bound to a class instance (or class itself, if declared as "static"). And the original poster is not "declaring them like variables", he's providing prototype declarations for the functions, which are then implemented farther down in the code.

The previous responder provided the first steps however: the prototype declaration must match the implementation, e.g.

int zero(float[9][13]);
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