Enter two numbers : 12.34 11.78

Enter operator (+,-,*,/) : *

12.34*11.78=145.365



-OR-

Enter two numbers : 34.2 2.2

Enter operator (+,-,*,/) : /

34.2/2.2=15.5455

Code Understanding

double a,b;
Here we are declaring variables for input values. We are taking them as double so that sufficiently large fractional values can also be operated upon.

char op;
In this variable we shall collect the operator symbol as character.

cout<<“Enter two numbers : “; cin>>a>>b;
Here we are collecting the uperands.

cout<<“Enter operator (+,-,*,/) : “; cin>>op;
Here we are getting the operator symbol from the user in a char data type variable.

switch (op)
This selects between the operator character provided by the user.

case ‘+’: cout <<a<<“+”<<b<<“=”<<a+b; break;
Here we are doing it for + operator. The operands we assume are to be used in the order as given by the user.

case ‘-‘: cout <<a<<“-“<<b<<“=”<<a-b; break;
case ‘*’: cout <<a<<“*”<<b<<“=”<<a*b; break;
case ‘/’: cout <<a<<“/”<<b<<“=”<<a/b; break;
Similarly all operators cases are handled.

default: cout <<“Error in input”;
This is used when operator symbol is not correctly given

Notes

• The basic +,-,*,/ operators work on all number data types but the modulus operator (%) does not work on fractional data types like float and double. You are advised to use fmod() function of the math library.

Common Errors

• Some students are not comfortable writing calculation operations in the cout chain. To avoid error one can also write the case expressions like this.double res;
  case ‘+’:  res=a+b;
  cout <<a<<“+”<<b<<“=”<<res; break;
  case ‘-‘:  res=a-b;
  cout <<a<<“-“<<b<<“=”<<res; break;
  and so on.

  Note that the res variable has been reused. This is possible as only one of the cases has to be used at any time.

Suggested Filename(s): calc-sc.cpp