Recursion Problem

[cooldude]

ok, heres my code

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

void convert (int num1, int base1)
{
int remainder;

remainder = num1 % base1;

if (num1 / base1 == 0)
{
if (remainder <= 9)
cout << remainder;

else if (remainder > 10)
{
cout << static_cast <char> (remainder + 55);
}

}

else
{
num1 /= base1;
convert (num1, base1);
}
}

int main()
{
int base;
int num;

cout << "Please enter the base: ";
cin >> base;

cout << "Please enter the number: ";
cin >> num;

cout << "The converted number is ";

convert(num, base);

cout << endl;

system ("pause");
return 0;
}


what i am trying to do here is when i send in two numbers, a base and a number, i am trying to convert it into a new output like this

i send in my base 16 and my number by 575

i should get something like 3F

but i always get 2

does anybody have any ideas?

[Lop]

You are not storing your remainders anywhere.

It should look like this (your math):
5 ) 559
-----
5 ) 111 r 4
-----
5 ) 22 r 1
----
5 ) 4 r 2
---
0 r 4 = 4214 (base 5)

And then for the base 16 you are going to need something like this:

const char ccBaseChars[] = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

And then called like this:

ccBaseChars [Remainder];

[Crane]

You declare the remainder inside of the function so everytime the function is executed the variable gets deleted.

[WingedPanther]

Out of curiosity, why are you doing this with recursion instead of using a while loop?