Value-return functions questions???

[MT20]

These are two questions from my book I just can't figure out.
Write the code for:
1. a function that recieves an integer passed to it, function named halveNumber(), should divide the integer by 2, the return the result(which could be a decimal place)

2. a function that prompts the user to enter a character, stores the user's response in char variable, should return character entered by the user, name of function is getChar().

I am just not understanding how to write these and the Prof isn't help at all.

[apusateri]

These are two questions from my book I just can't figure out.
Write the code for:
1. a function that recieves an integer passed to it, function named halveNumber(), should divide the integer by 2, the return the result(which could be a decimal place)

2. a function that prompts the user to enter a character, stores the user's response in char variable, should return character entered by the user, name of function is getChar().

I am just not understanding how to write these and the Prof isn't help at all.

Okay, here we go:

1.

float halveNumber(int a)
{
   float result;
   result = a / 2;
   return result;
   
   // Could probably write this easier as simply
   // return a / 2;
   // but I wanted to show the operation
}

2.

char getChar()
{
   char result;
   cin << result;
   return result;
}

Hope that helps.

[MT20]

Thank you!

Okay, here we go:

1.

float halveNumber(int a)
{
   float result;
   result = a / 2;
   return result;
   
   // Could probably write this easier as simply
   // return a / 2;
   // but I wanted to show the operation
}

2.

char getChar()
{
   char result;
   cin << result;
   return result;
}

Hope that helps.

[ronitonline2006]

float halvevalue(int i)
{
float a;
a=i/2;
return a;
}


note--> a should be return to a flaot variable

[Banfa]

float halveNumber(int a)
{
   float result;
   result = a / 2;
   return result;
   
   // Could probably write this easier as simply
   // return a / 2;
   // but I wanted to show the operation
}

Unfortunately this doesn't work, because a is a int and the constant 2 is an int the division is done as integer arithmatic so if a odd number is supplied the answer returned is wrong;

halveNumber(5) returns 2

You need to make one of the operands to / a float so that the division is done in floating point like so

float halveNumber(int a)
{
   float result;
   result = a / 2.F;
   return result;

}