Initial commit

Author: MixMonitor99

Initial.cpp

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+#include <iostream>  // Include input/output stream library
+#include <cmath>   // Include math library for advanced operations
+#include <limits>  // Include limits library to handle invalid input
+
+// Function prototypes
+void displayMenu();
+double getNumber(const std::string& prompt);
+char getOperation();
+double calculate(double num1, double num2, char op);
+bool shouldContinue();
+
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "Simple Calculator Program\n";
+    std::cout << "=======================\n";
+
+    bool continueCalculation = true;
+
+    // Main program loop — continues until user decides to exit
+    while (continueCalculation) {
+        displayMenu();
+
+        double firstNumber = getNumber("Enter the first number: ");
+        double secondNumber = getNumber("Enter the second number: ");
+        char operation = getOperation();
+
+        // Perform calculation and display result
+        double result = calculate(firstNumber, secondNumber, operation);
+        std::cout << "Result: " << firstNumber << " " << operation
+                  << " " << secondNumber << " = " << result << "\n\n";
+
+        // Ask user if they want to perform another calculation
+        continueCalculation = shouldContinue();
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Thank you for using the calculator. Goodbye!\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Displays the available operations to the user
+void displayMenu() {
+    std::cout << "Available operations:\n";
+    std::cout << "+ : Addition\n";
+    std::cout << "- : Subtraction\n";
+    std::cout << "* : Multiplication\n";
+    std::cout << "/ : Division\n";
+    std::cout << "^ : Power (first number raised to the power of second number)\n";
+    std::cout << "--------------------------------\n";
+}
+
+// Prompts the user to enter a number and validates the input
+double getNumber(const std::string& prompt) {
+    double number;
+    while (true) {
+        std::cout << prompt;
+        std::cin >> number;
+
+        // Check if input is valid (not a string or special character)
+        if (std::cin.fail()) {
+            std::cin.clear();  // Clear the error flag
+            std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');  // Ignore invalid input
+            std::cout << "Invalid input. Please enter a valid number.\n";
+        } else {
+            break;  // Valid number entered, exit loop
+        }
+    }
+    return number;
+}
+
+// Gets the arithmetic operation from the user and validates it
+char getOperation() {
+    char operation;
+    while (true) {
+        std::cout << "Enter the operation (+, -, *, /, ^): ";
+        std::cin >> operation;
+
+        // Validate operation input
+        if (operation == '+' || operation == '-' || operation == '*' ||
+            operation == '/' || operation == '^') {
+            break;
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "Invalid operation. Please enter one of: +, -, *, /, ^\n";
+        }
+    }
+    return operation;
+}
+
+// Performs the specified arithmetic operation on two numbers
+double calculate(double num1, double num2, char op) {
+    switch (op) {
+        case '+':
+            return num1 + num2;
+        case '-':
+            return num1 - num2;
+        case '*':
+            return num1 * num2;
+        case '/':
+            if (num2 != 0) {
+                return num1 / num2;
+            } else {
+                std::cout << "Error: Division by zero is not allowed.\n";
+                return 0;  // Return 0 in case of division by zero
+            }
+        case '^':
+            return std::pow(num1, num2);  // Use pow function for exponentiation
+        default:
+            std::cout << "Unknown operation.\n";
+            return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+// Asks the user whether to continue with another calculation
+bool shouldContinue() {
+    char choice;
+    while (true) {
+        std::cout << "Do you want to perform another calculation? (y/n): ";
+        std::cin >> choice;
+
+        if (choice == 'y' || choice == 'Y') {
+            return true;
+        } else if (choice == 'n' || choice == 'N') {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "Please enter 'y' for yes or 'n' for no.\n";
+        }
+    }
+}