[Legally_Insane]

I need help with my C++ code. The program is suppose promp the user for 6 letters then output it in reversed order. My code doesn't have any errors and runs but it doesn't do anything. Can anyone help with what could be wrong with it.

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
#include <iomanip>
int main()
{

	const int arraysize=6;
	int i=0;
	char a[6];
	cout<<"Enter "<<arraysize<<" letters: ";
	 cin>>a[i];
	 for(i=0; a[i]; i++)
	 {

	 for (i=0; a[i]; i--);
	 }
	 
return 0;
}

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It doesn't *do* anything. You haven't TOLD it to do anything. Look at this:

for(i=0; a[i]; i++)
{

for (i=0; a[i]; i--);
}

First of all, that loop is dangerous because you are in essence asking the compiler to dereference memory outside of what you have allocated (the 6 characters). If the memory after a[6] is not null (zero), then this loop will never terminate.

Second, you don't tell it to do anything once it is looping.....

[Swandog46]

It doesn't *do* anything. You haven't TOLD it to do anything. Look at this:

for(i=0; a[i]; i++)
{

for (i=0; a[i]; i--);
}

First of all, that loop is dangerous because you are in essence asking the compiler to dereference memory outside of what you have allocated (the 6 characters). If the memory after a[6] is not null (zero), then this loop will never terminate.

Second, you don't tell it to do anything once it is looping.....