Please can someone tell me where is the mistake in my program. It is not showing the desired output

Question

The below program is to accept and display two complex numbers.
I have done it using structures as i just started learning structures. Problem is it isnt working;
Please can someone tell me where I went wrong? Thanks for stopping by

So here is the link
https://code.sololearn.com/cutQQrFwIIav/#cpp

Answer 1

void accept(complex_number&,complex_number&);
void display(complex_number,complex_number);

int main()
{//runner}

void accept(complex_number &c1,complex_number &c2)
{//function}

Answer 2

He meant to change :
void accept(complex_number c1,complex_number c2)
with :
void accept(complex_number& c1,complex_number& c2)

Answer 3

Im guessing you forgot to change the prototype.

Answer 4

@Echo One Please can you share your edited program

Answer 5

They are passed by value. Pass them by reference in the first function.

Checked. It worked.

Answer 6

@Baptiste E.Prunier I understood by reference he referred to &. Thing is I tried doing it but it didnt work. Thats why

Answer 7

@Echo One
Thanks I got it. This is what i wanted to do:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

struct complex_number
{
double rn;
double in ;
};
void initcomplex_number(complex_number &c)
{
c.rn = 0;
c.in =0;
}
void accept(complex_number &c)
{

cout<<"Enter real part"<<" ";cin>>c.rn;
cout<<"Enter imaginary part"<<" ";cin>>c.in;

}
void add(complex_number c1,complex_number c2)
{
double R =0; double I=0;
R= c1.rn + c2.rn;
I= c1.in + c2.in;
cout<<"The complex number is"<<R<<" "<<"+"<<I<<"i"<<endl;
}

int main()
{
complex_number c1,c2;
initcomplex_number(c1);
initcomplex_number(c2);
accept(c1);
accept(c2);
add(c1,c2);
return 0;
}

Answer 8

I can see you trying this again when you learn classes. Your init function is basically the constructor