// Handout #1: Source code of a C++ Program, which
// converts distance in miles to kilometers.
#include <iostream> //inclusion of
support for doing input & output
using namespace
std; //declare access to standard stuff like cin,
cout
// Beginning of main function
int main()
{
// Declaration of three variables
double KM_
double
miles; // for storing the input data: distance in miles
double
kms; //
for storing the result: distance in kilometers
// Get the input
of distance in miles.
cout << "What
is the distance in miles?" << endl;
cin >> miles;
cout << "The
distance in miles is " << miles << endl;
// Convert the
distance to kilometers and store the result.
kms = KM_
// Display the
distance in kilometers.
cout << "The
distance in kilometers is " << kms << endl <<
endl;
// Display a
good-bye message
cout << "It
is a pleasure to do this mile-to-kilometer conversion for you."
<< endl;
cout << "Please
enter any charcter and a return to quit the program." <<
endl;
// Wait for the user
input before ending the program
char inputCharacter; // Declare a variable
for storing a character input from the keyboard
cin >> inputCharacter; // Wait
to read in a character input from the keyboard
//Finish the program
and return the control to the operating system.
return
0;
}
//End of the main function.