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Fibonacci Numbers? Help on while loop

fahmankhan75 (412)
Having trouble with the while loop in this code. I'm trying to get the 9th term of the Fibonacci numbers. For instance if I input 1 for number1 and number2, then input the number of which term from the sequence I want from the Fibonacci number, in my case I did 9. All I get then is just a blank cursor on the next line.

Anyone know whats wrong with my loop??

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  	int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	//declare two variabes
	int number1;
	int number2;
	int nextnumber;
	int counter=2;
	//Declare the variable for which numbered sequence the user wants

	int whatsequenceuserwants;
	//Ask user for two numbers
	cout<<"\n\tNumber 1: ";
	cin>>number1;
	cout<<"\n\tNumber 2: ";
	cin >> number2;
	//Ask the user for what term of number they want
	cout<<"\n\n\tWhat term from the sequence do you want? ";
	cin>>whatsequenceuserwants;
	//formula for finding the next number

	if (whatsequenceuserwants==1)
	{cout<<"First Number: " <<number1;}

	else if (whatsequenceuserwants==2)
	{cout<<"Second Number: "<< number2;}
	
			while (whatsequenceuserwants>=3 && counter==whatsequenceuserwants)
				{nextnumber= number1+number2;
						if(whatsequenceuserwants==counter)
							cout<<"Number is" <<nextnumber;
							nextnumber=number1;
							number1=number2;
									counter++;
	}
	_getch();
	return 0;
}
iamtheodork (13)
From what I can see in order to satisfy your while loop requirements whatsequenceuserwants needs to be greater than or equal to 3 and counter needs to be equal to whatsequenceuserwants. This can't happen because you set counter = 2 and whatsequenceuserwants needs to be 3 or greater, so 2 != 3.
fahmankhan75 (412)
I understand what your saying :) I have changed my code a little; however, when I want to find the position of the 9th Fibonacci number, all I get is

"Number is2"

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int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	//declare two variabes
	int number1;
	int number2;
	int nextnumber;
	int counter=3;
	//Declare the variable for which numbered sequence the user wants

	int whatsequenceuserwants;
	//Ask user for two numbers
	cout<<"\n\tNumber 1: ";
	cin>>number1;
	cout<<"\n\tNumber 2: ";
	cin >> number2;
	//Ask the user for what term of number they want
	cout<<"\n\n\tWhat sequence of number do you want? ";
	cin>>whatsequenceuserwants;
	//formula for finding the next number

	if (whatsequenceuserwants==1)
	{cout<<"First Number: " <<number1;}

	else if (whatsequenceuserwants==2)
	{cout<<"Second Number: "<< number2;}
	
			while (counter<=whatsequenceuserwants)
				{nextnumber= number1+number2;
			
						if(whatsequenceuserwants==counter)
							cout<<"Number is" <<nextnumber;
							nextnumber=number1;
							number1=number2;
							counter++;
									
	}
	_getch();
	return 0;
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