Thread: Any help would be appreciated

Hello, I'm writing a program that allows an user to enter student information, and then will hold the information and will allow the user to "delete a student", "add a student", show class (which shows all the students entered by user). I've been working on this code for a while and I'm still working out some last minute errors, if anyone could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.... Here's the code I have:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
struct Person
{
  char name[100];
  int age;
  float gpa;
};
void fill_person(struct Person* per)
{
  printf("Enter name of student:");
  fgets(per->name,100,stdin);
  printf("Enter age of student:");
  scanf("%d", &per->age);
  printf("Enter GPA of student:");
  scanf("%f", &per->gpa);
}

void show_person(struct Person* per)
{
  printf("name:%s\n", per->name);
  printf("age:%d\n", per->age);
  printf("GPA:%f\n", per->gpa);
}

struct Classroom
{
   int num_students;
   struct Person student[100];

};


void add_a_person(struct Classroom* crp)
{
 for(crp.num_students=0;num_students<100;++num_students)
 {
 crp->num_students.fill_person=num_students+1;
 struct Person student;
 fill_person(&student);
 }
}
void delete_a_person(struct Classroom* crp)
{
 char search_name[100];
 printf("what is the name of the student you would like to delete?\n");
 fgets(search_name, 100, stdin);
 int i;
 while (i=0; i<crp->num_students && strcmp(crp->student[i], search_name)!=0)
   i++;

 while (strcmp(search_name,crp->student[i].name)!=0 && i<crp->num_students)
   i++;
 if(i==crp->num_students)
 {
   printf("No match\n");
 }
}
void show_class(struct Classroom* crp)
{
  while(0<crp->num_students)
  {
  show_person(crp->student);
  }
}

int main()
  {
 struct Classroom crp;
 crp.num_students=0;
 while(crp->num_students<100)
 {
   printf("1. Add a student\n");
   scanf("%d", crp->add_a_person);
   printf("2. Show class\n");
   scanf("%d", crp->show_class);
   printf("3. Delete a student\n");
   scanf("%d", crp->delete_a_person);
   printf("4. Exit\n");
 }


  }
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This is the error I'm recieving:

Code:

project_test.c: In function 'add_a_person':
project_test.c:36: error: request for member 'num_students' in something not a structure or union
project_test.c:36: error: 'num_students' undeclared (first use in this function)
project_test.c:36: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
project_test.c:36: error: for each function it appears in.)
project_test.c:38: error: request for member 'fill_person' in something not a structure or union
project_test.c: In function 'delete_a_person':
project_test.c:49: error: expected ')' before ';' token
project_test.c: In function 'main':
project_test.c:71: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:74: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:76: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:78: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')

This is one of my first times using c, I usually use C++.I'm not sure how to set a way for when the user enters 4 to get the program to end, also, I'm not sure if my delete a person function and my add a person function are completley correct too...Any help with this program is much needed, thank you!

Originally Posted by Salem

> for(crp.num_students=0;num_students<100;++num_stud ents)
...
> while (i=0; i<crp->num_students && strcmp(crp->student[i], search_name)!=0)
You managed to get it right in some places.

If you've got a pointer to a structure, then use ->member, not .member

Thanks salem, I fixed that to

Code:

 for(crp->num_students=0; num_students<100; ++num_students)

I'm still recieving this error when I try to compile it...:

Code:

project_test.c: In function 'add_a_person':project_test.c:36: error: 'num_students' undeclared (first use in this function)
project_test.c:36: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
project_test.c:36: error: for each function it appears in.)
project_test.c:38: error: request for member 'fill_person' in something not a structure or union
project_test.c: In function 'delete_a_person':
project_test.c:49: error: expected ')' before ';' token
project_test.c: In function 'main':
project_test.c:71: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:74: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:76: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')
project_test.c:78: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct Classroom')

Originally Posted by camel-man

Code:

 for(crp->num_students=0;crp->num_students<100;++crp->num_students)

You do not have a variable called just num_students. If you want there to be a separate variable called num_students then you need to declare one locally in your function, or pass another parameter to your function add.

If int num_students is in my strucutre, I'm confused at why that doesn't mean I have a variable...I thought by putting int num_students in my structure would mean I do have a variable num_students...
If I declare one locally in my function, can I only do that once?
or would I have to do that in every function I use it in?

You have num_students INSIDE the struct, So you can not reference it with out putting the struct name first. You pass in the pointer to the struct, so now you have to refer to num_students by crp->num_students. If you just passed in a copy of the struct you would reference it with the '.' notation ex) crp.num_students

You have started 5 different threads in the last week for the same program. Please don't do this. This just complicates everything, because people will answer you in different threads about the same problems.

Originally Posted by computermajor12

I'm not sure if my delete a person function and my add a person function are completley correct too

Both are wrong. I've told you already that in the adding function you have to assign the student you've created to the students array in your classroom struct.

There are several errors in your code. It looks like you've just written the program in one go and now are desperately trying since a week to get it to compile. I highly recommend to do it step by step. Work on one part/function and only continue to the next one if you're done with the previous one. Read also A development process.

Bye, Andreas