chapter 4, project 1 - mycube

/*
 * Chapter 4, Project 1; cubit.c
 * Author: blah
 * Description: Write a function called mycube which receives an int argument returning
 * the cube of the received int.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int mycube(int ii) { //the function does the heavy lifting only, no talking
    int xx; //initialize a local scope variable
    xx = ii * ii * ii; //work the math
    return xx; //return a result to the caller
}

int main(void) {

    //    int input, cubed; //initialize variables for main

    int xx, yy,	zz;
    xx = 2;

    yy = mycube(xx);

    zz = mycube(mycube(mycube(mycube(xx))));

    printf("The value of xx is %d, yy is %d and zz is %d \n", xx, yy, zz);

    //    printf("Please enter an int to cube: "); //ask for input
    //    scanf("%d", &input); //drop the input into the memory address for target

    /*pass the value of variable 'input' as the argument to function 'mycube', assign the return
      to the local scope variable.*/
    //    cubed = mycube(input);

    //output the user input and the result.
    //    printf("The cube for %d is %d.\n", input, cubed);

    return 0;
}