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Can anyone write me an algorithm for this?

Write an algorithm that prompts the user to input a number of quarters, dimes, and nickels. The output is the total value of the coins in dollars. If the total is less that one dollar the output would be similar to $0.25.

I'm not even sure where to start

Sounds like homework..

Just write out what you want to do in psuedo code, then implement it step by step. Its pretty straight forward ;)

All that really seems necessary is a loop and a few conditional statements.

If you still are struggling with this I'll help you.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    unsigned short int nickle,dime,quarter,dollars=0,cents=0;
    /* creating this character due to my compiler
       killing the program before being able to 
       view the result                             */
    char kill;
    // This program will calculate the total amount of dollars gathered from various coins.
    cout << "Enter the amount of nickles :";
    cin >> nickle;
    cout << endl << "Enter the amount of dimes :";
    cin >> dime;
    cout << endl << "Enter the amount of quarters :";
    cin >> quarter;
    // Checks to see if there are any nickles, dimes, or quarters
    while ( nickle != 0 && dime != 0 && quarter != 0 )
    {
          // If there are nickles, removes a nickle and adds 5 cents to the total.
          if (nickle != 0)
          {
                     nickle--;
                     cents+=5;
          }
          if (dime != 0)
          {
                     dime--;
                     cents+=10;
          }
          if (quarter != 0)
          {
                     quarter--;
                     cents+=25;
          }
          // If there are more than or equal to 100 cents, replaces them with a dollar.
          if (cents >= 100)
          {
                    cents-=100;
                    dollars++;
          }
    }
    cout << "Total amount of dollars gathered from these coins : $" << dollars << "." << cents;
    cin >> kill;
    return 0;
}

lol, is that the second laguage setting for simba? if not then he cant use it :P

Well it's in C/C++ section…