I have been working on this program for about a week and i have been getting these errors that i just cant get by. The program is supposed to first accept user input for the type of symbol. Then its supposed to accept user input for a number. Finally it is supposed to output a square made up of the character chosen by the user and with a length chosen by the users number input. This is what i have but it has been giving me errors.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void buildSquare(int);
int main()
{
	int symbol, length, side;
	
	cout << " Please enter symbol to fill square" << endl;
	cin >> symbol >> endl;
	cout << " Please enter length of sides. "<< endl;
	cin >> length >> endl;
	buildSquare( length);

return 0;
}

void buildSquare( int length){

	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol;
	}
	cout << endl;
}

Please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance

To start, you can't use endl in cin, use it only for cout, cin automatically moves you to newline. And remembr to pass symbol argument other function :D

Wow thanks for the speedy response. I think i did what you said and it got my program to say run but when i run it, it only lets me put an input for the symbol not for the length. Here is my updated program.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void buildSquare(int, int);
int main()
{
	int symbol, length, side;
	
	cout << " Please enter symbol to fill square" << endl;
	cin >> symbol;
	cout << " Please enter length of sides "<< endl;
	cin >> length;
	buildSquare( length, symbol);

return 0;
}

void buildSquare( int length, int symbol){

	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol;
	}
	cout << endl;

I am also getting an error saying "Project.exe not found or not built by the last incremental link; performing full link"

Ok you can't hold symbols using ints, so you need to change to char. Since it hold symbols and letters. Everything else can stay int. And you have to re-logic your loop in build square, you will see when you get there.

ok this is what i have now

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void buildSquare(int, char);
int main()
{
	int side, length;
	char symbol;
	
	cout << " Please enter symbol to fill square" << endl;
	cin >> symbol;
	cout << " Please enter length of sides "<< endl;
	cin >> length;
	buildSquare( length, symbol);

return 0;
}

void buildSquare( int length, char symbol){

	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol;
	}
	cout << endl;
}

now my output is isnt giving me the symbol i want as well as the number of symbols i input but only across. its creating a line not a square. How can i fix this?

im sorry for the typo. It is giving me the symbol i want as well as the number of symbols i want across but it is not doing the same vertically. Its creating a line instead of a square. How can i fix this.

Just run more loops and read up on the member function and header I pmed you.

The nested for loop is what you are looking for. You will use nested for loops once you get into array of arrays.

void buildSquare( int length, char symbol){
// Length = Length x Length to make the box
// Symbol will be used to make the box
// The for loop nested inside a for loop help creates 

            // this first for loop will be used for the vertical length of the box
	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
         // this second for loop will be used to create the horizontal length of the box
            for(int side2 = 0; side2 < length; side2++){
		cout << symbol;
            }
            cout << endl;
	}
	
}

The nested for loop is what you are looking for. You will use nested for loops once you get into array of arrays.

void buildSquare( int length, char symbol){
// Length = Length x Length to make the box
// Symbol will be used to make the box
// The for loop nested inside a for loop help creates 

            // this first for loop will be used for the vertical length of the box
	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
         // this second for loop will be used to create the horizontal length of the box
            for(int side2 = 0; side2 < length; side2++){
		cout << symbol;
            }
            cout << endl;
	}
	
}

Depends if he is looking for a solid square or the outline :D

Thank you both of you. Im glad their is a place with people so helpful. After all this time tinkering with this program its finally working. Thanks to you.

Saith i ended up using your idea for the end of my program as it worked out.

Nandomo thank you for getting me back on track in the first place. I was getting so upset trying to work out the errors i was getting that i was making weak mistakes. Both of you were incredibly helpful. Here is what i believe to be the finished program.

include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void buildSquare(int, char);
int main()
{
	int side, length;
	char symbol;
	
	cout << " Please enter symbol to fill square" << endl;
	cin >> symbol;
	cout << " Please enter length of sides "<< endl;
	cin >> length;
	buildSquare( length, symbol);

return 0;
}

void buildSquare( int length, char symbol){

	for (int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		for( int side2 = 0; side2 < length; side2++){
			cout << symbol;
		}
		cout << endl;
	}
}

Ok :D

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;
void buildSquare(int, char);
int main()
{
	char symbol; 
    int length, side;
	
	cout << " Please enter symbol to fill square" << endl;
	cin >> symbol;
	cout << " Please enter length of sides: (Minumum of 3)"<< endl;
	cin >> length;
	buildSquare( length, symbol);
    
    endl(cout);
    cout << " Program will close automatically. " << endl;
    
    Sleep(4000);
    
return 0;
}

void buildSquare( int length, char symbol)
{
    endl(cout);
	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol;
	}
	endl(cout);
	for(int side = 0; side < length - 2; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol << setfill(' ') << setw(length - 2) << " "
        << symbol << endl;
	}
	for(int side = 0; side < length; side++)
	{
		cout << symbol;
	}
	
	cout << endl;
}

I made a copy also. Try it.

wow thats impressive. thanks for all the help im pretty sure that this is around the time i can mark this area as solved. Hopefully if i ever have a program that i just cant work out like this one i could turn to you again. Thanks again

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