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My code is as below:

The logic for the code is in the function evaluate(). The code is working for +ve number, but not working for -ve numbers. What can be the issue?
C++
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<math.h>

int evaluate(char p[],int size, int num1);
void read_values();
void calc();
int values[100];
int i,temp,num,j,k,l=0,result=0,temp_position=0,values_size=0;
char p1[100],arr_temp[100],a[100];

int main(){
	scanf("%s",p1);
	read_values();
	calc();
	values[values_size]=evaluate(p1,100, values[values_size]);
	printf("%s\n",p1);
	for(j=0;j<values_size;j++)
	{
		printf("%d\n",values[j]);
	}
	return 0;//end of main
}
void read_values(){	
	do
	{
		scanf("%d",&temp);
		if(temp==1000)
			break;
		else
		{
			values[values_size]=temp;
			values_size++;
		}
	}
	while(values[values_size]!=1000);
}	

void calc(){
	k=0;
	for(l=0;p1[l]!='\0';l++)
	{	
		if((p1[l]=='('))//opening bracket encountered
		{	temp_position=0;
			while(p1[++l]!=')')
			{
				a[temp_position++]=p1[l];
			}
			arr_temp[k++]=evaluate(a,temp_position,values[values_size])+48;
		}
		else 
			arr_temp[k++]=p1[l];//copy directly until opening bracket		
	}
	values[values_size]=evaluate(arr_temp,100, values[values_size]);
	values_size++;
}

int evaluate(char p[],int size, int num1){
	for(i=0;p[i+1]!='\0';i++)
	{
		if(i==0)
		{
			if(p[0]>='a'&&p[0]<='z')
				result = num1;
			else
				result =p[0]-48;
		}
		if (p[i]=='^')
		{
			if(p[i+1]>='a'&&p[i+1]<='z')
				result=pow(result,num1);
			else
				result=pow(result,(p[i+1]-48));
		}
	}
	return result;
}


What I have tried:

Input:
(x-2)^3-(x-3)
-1
1000
----------
Output:
Should have been -23, but I am getting -1.
Posted
Updated 25-Jul-16 21:28pm
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[no name] 26-Jul-16 4:30am    
What is this mass of code supposed to do? This is called Q&A because clear questions get answers. Debugging is different and what you should learn.

Use the debugger.
The debugger allow you to follow the execution line by line, inspect variables and you will see that there is a point where it stop doing what you expect.
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]

With the debugger, make sure what the code really do match what you think it should.

Try to reduce the code to just enough to exhibit the problem.
 
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CPallini 26-Jul-16 3:25am    
5
Patrice T 26-Jul-16 3:38am    
Thank you again.
Member 11413685 26-Jul-16 3:43am    
5??
CPallini 26-Jul-16 3:47am    
I gave him five stars for his suggestion: you really need to use the debugger!
Patrice T 26-Jul-16 3:48am    
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I have no final solution because it would be too hard to follow the program execution by just examining the code. But I have a few tips:

Don't use global variables. Use local variables in your functions. This makes it much easier to read and debug the code.

It seems that there is no code that handles the subtraction operation. What happens when your parser encounters the '-' character? It treats it as digit and subtracts 48 which will be -3!

You are passing values[value_size] to your evaluate function which is used there as num1. But that array member is not initialised when calling the function. It will be initialised with the return value afterwards. Once you have assigned a value to an array item, you are incrementing the index so that it points to the next not yet initialised item.
 
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