error: exited with non-zero status

[ahswong]

i keep getting this error on my code and i can't figure out why. can someone please explain?

if the user inputs: 4 3 4 4 7
it should output the message: Three of a kind but instead its throwing out an error: exited with non-zero status. Not sure where I went wrong.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// function prototype
bool containsThreeOfaKind(int hand[]);

// main function
int main() {

    // declaring the user array
    int card[5] = {};

    // ask user to input five numeric cards between 2-9
    cout << "Enter five numeric cards, no face cards. Use 2-9" << endl;

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        cout << "Card " << i + 1 << ": ";
        cin >> card[i];
    }

  if (containsThreeOfaKind(card))
  {
        cout << "Three of a kind" << endl;
  }

    return 0;
}

// function definition

bool containsThreeOfaKind(int hand[])
{
    bool threeOfaKind = false;
    int counter = 0;
    int triple;
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < 5; j++)
        {
            if (hand[i] == hand[j] && counter < 1)
            {
                triple = hand[i];
            }
            else if (hand[i] == hand[j] && hand[i] == triple)
            {
                counter++;
                threeOfaKind = true;
            }
        }
    }
    return threeOfaKind;
}

[TheIdeasMan]

Hi,

I ran the code and had no output but normal termination (returned 0)

There is a logic problem in your code though, time to break out the debugger :+) I reckon I know what the problem is, but if you learn how to use a debugger you will discover it yourself, and learn how massively important the debugger is.

Hopefully your IDE has a GUI debugger in it. You should be able to set break points, a watch-list of variables and their values. Step through the code 1 line at a time, keep an eye on the values and deduce where it all goes wrong.

If you r IDE does not have a debugger in it, or you code with an editor only, then there are command line versions such gdb.

Good Luck !!