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Alfonso Montano
13,858 PointsFloat?
This is the question I've been given:
Implement a function named "addTwo" that returns the sum of two floats. The function will accept two float numbers as arguments. It should add the two arguments together, and return the result. (No need to write the main function. Just write out the implementation for the addTwo function.).
I don't understand what it means by 'add two float'.
Please help!
3 Answers
Dylan Buckley
2,243 PointsSo you are creating a function that adds two floats together like this:
float addTwo (float x, float y) { return x + y; }
So the float named "addTwo" is made of two variables, float x and float y. You then return a result which adds these two floats together.
So if x = 2 and y = 3 (They are the floats) the result that is returned will be x + y or 2 + 3 which = 5
Hope that helps...
Soojin Ro
13,331 Points"float" in the question is referring to float-type variables. "Float" is a primitive data type, just like "int", that is used to represent decimals. FYI, it is called 'float' because of the way computer handles decimal numbers as binary data. Decimal point floats around numbers. Its location is not fixed.
Alfonso Montano
13,858 PointsThank you so much! I finally passed it.