99 Bottles of Beer

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// C++ version of 99 Bottles of beer
// programmer: Tim Robinson timtroyr@ionet.net
// Corrections by Johannes Tevessen

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
    {
    int bottles = 99;
    while ( bottles > 0 )
        {
        cout << bottles << " bottle(s) of beer on the wall," << endl;
        cout << bottles << " bottle(s) of beer." << endl;
        cout << "Take one down, pass it around," << endl;
        cout << --bottles << " bottle(s) of beer on the wall." << endl;
        }
    return 0;
    }

Alternative Versions

Version	Author	Date	Comments	Rate
extreme template metaprogramming	Richard Wolf	04/20/05	5
meta programming	Arion Lei	04/20/05	5
Preprocessor & self-include recursion	Chocapic	02/27/07	6
feature creep	Jono	04/27/09	1
object-oriented version	Tim Robinson	04/20/05	4
most extreme template metaprogramming	Henrik Theiling	12/04/11	0
7	Jono	04/15/09	0
ob fuscated	Tapi (Paddy O'Brien)	08/11/05	4
GUI version	Martyn Davies	05/28/05	1

Comments

 Zak said on 05/17/05 21:53:23

nice, may be shorter

 ksdkjcjdas said on 01/10/06 11:28:23

Well, just add in the last part and you will recreate the entire song...

 Mick said on 04/06/06 21:24:23

I like the never ending thing.

 PhreakerD7 said on 04/08/06 20:44:32

Yeah. I saw the first one that was long as hell and was thinking "WHILE loop, anyone?"

 freacker4life said on 04/29/06 10:16:24

Pretty Good. There's just one problem. After executing this program, it quits automatically. I think its better to add a "cin.get();" after the loop at least.

 P1xel said on 03/29/07 02:27:48

Yes, you should add it at the end...

 prushik said on 12/03/07 20:26:05

Whats up with the while loop? Why does nobody think to use a for loop for this?

 catnappa said on 10/22/08 22:00:29

no simply add

system ("pause";

one line before the return to make it wait for a keyboard button press.

 Michael said on 03/18/09 07:49:35

No, catnappa, cin.get() is correct. Not only is system("pause" a gigantic security hole, it only works on windows/MS-DOS, while C++ is portable. system("pause" should NEVER be used outside of crappy little homework assignments or code that is not going to be released. Granted, in something like this, it's not that big of a deal, but why form bad coding habits? Use cin.get() (there are actually other tricks for this that work better, but cin.get() works ok), not system("ANYTHING, EVER"

 Jono said on 04/17/09 02:30:22

it doesn't write the last verse.

 rahman said on 05/19/09 12:50:55

hmm...
it's easy!

 Pasaria said on 01/06/10 16:42:01

Got this version that I programmed. Includes ending.

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int a=99;

int main()
{
cout << "Welcome to the 99 Bottles of Beer Song Program!" << endl;
cout << "Progam programmed in 2010 by Pasaria." << endl;
system("PAUSE";
while(1)
{
if( a >= 3) {
cout << a << " bottles of beer on the wall " << a << " bottles of beer." << endl;
cout << " " << endl;
a--;
Sleep(3100);
cout << "Take one down and pass it around, " << a << " bottles of beer on the wall." << endl;
}
else {
a--;
cout << "Take one down and pass it around, " << a << " bottle of beer on the wall." << endl;
cout << " " << endl;
cout << "No more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer. " << endl;
cout << "Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall." << endl;
system("PAUSE";
break;
}
}
}

 penoo said on 05/31/10 06:35:03

 Lurveleven said on 05/31/10 11:57:17

Pretty far from giving the correct result.

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