Code is stuck on an infinite loop, explanation why? [on hold]

I'm really new to coding and need help fixing my code. Somehow, I've managed to get it stuck in an infinite loop. For some reason, whenever I add "for(int....) the loop begins. Don't know how to get it out without deleting for(int...) which I need in my code to add the judge number by 1 each iteration (1, 2, 3....5) for an iteration total of 5 loops. If there's another way to substitute for(int...) and getting the same outcome (minus the loop, obviously) I'd really appreciate it.

This is my code:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

void getJudgeData(double & score);
int main()

{
double scoreOne, scoreTwo, scoreThree,
scoreFour, scoreFive;

//This is used to call the getJudgeData function
getJudgeData(scoreOne);
getJudgeData(scoreTwo);
getJudgeData(scoreThree);
getJudgeData(scoreFour);
getJudgeData(scoreFive);

}

void getJudgeData(double & score)
{

for (int i = 1; i<=5; i++)
{
cout << "Judge #" << i << " - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :";
cin >> score;
while(score < 0 or score > 10)
{
cout << "Score must be between 0.0 and 10.0 : ";
cin >> score;
}
}
}


This is what the output becomes:

"Judge #1 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :1

Judge #2 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :2

Judge #3 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :3

......................

Judge #1 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :3

Judge #2 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :2

Judge #3 - Please enter a score between 0.0 and 10.0 :2

Judge #4.................."

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1 Answer
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You have called for getJudgeData() five times in your main function, and in each of which has a for loop that executes 5 times, so your code is executing 25 times as alter igel mentioned :

int main()

{
// 5 function calls
getJudgeData(scoreOne);
getJudgeData(scoreTwo);
...
}
void getJudgeData(double & score)
{
// execute for five times
for (int i = 1; i<=5; i++)
}


You can get your desired result by removing the for loop or you can use an array, as following :

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
void getJudgeData(double& score); // the same as before but withouth the for loop
int main()
{
double score[number_of_judges] ;
for (int i = 0; i < number_of_judges; i ++) getJudgeData(score[i]) ;
return 0 ;
}


Where number_of_judges is the number of judges you wish to have.