Thread: Beginner programmer need help starting a program

Hi i have to write a program for school but i don't have the slightest idea where to start any help would be greatly appreciated!....

Write a function called clockKeeper that takes as its argument a dateAndTime structure. The function should call the dateUpdate function, and if the time reaches midnight, the function should call the dateUpdate function to switch over to the next day. Have the function return the updated dateAndTime structure.

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Originally Posted by Elkvis

what have you tried so far?

You shouldn't have function declarations inside another function.

Were timeUpdate and dateUpdate given to you/previously written, or do you need to write them as well?

Originally Posted by tabstop

You shouldn't have function declarations inside another function.

Were timeUpdate and dateUpdate given to you/previously written, or do you need to write them as well?

I used those because it says that call the timeUpdate function and if time reaches midnight to use dateUpdate...I did it like this because the book shows a program using timeUpdate as such.

Originally Posted by chey15

I used those because it says that call the timeUpdate function and if time reaches midnight to use dateUpdate...I did it like this because the book shows a program using timeUpdate as such.

Right, I know the spec uses those function names. The question I'm asking is: do you already have those functions (from a previous assignment, from this assignment, from the book, etc) or is writing those functions also a part of this assignment?

If those functions already exist, then you will have to determine how to use them appropriately -- for instance: I might expect a function called dateUpdate to take information about what to update the date to. You seem to be using it as an add-one-to-current-value function. And that may very well be what it does; but I don't know -- and if you are supposed to write the function you need to make that decision before you start.

Originally Posted by tabstop

Right, I know the spec uses those function names. The question I'm asking is: do you already have those functions (from a previous assignment, from this assignment, from the book, etc) or is writing those functions also a part of this assignment?

If those functions already exist, then you will have to determine how to use them appropriately -- for instance: I might expect a function called dateUpdate to take information about what to update the date to. You seem to be using it as an add-one-to-current-value function. And that may very well be what it does; but I don't know -- and if you are supposed to write the function you need to make that decision before you start.

Oh, no I don't have those functions from a previous assignment or anything

Originally Posted by chey15

Oh, no I don't have those functions from a previous assignment or anything

Then you can make those functions do what you want them to do, as +1 day or whatever. But then you will need to make those functions as well. You've got the basic declaration there in the top of your function; you'll need to move them out of the function and then write those functions. The basic outline of the function you've got looks correct.

Originally Posted by tabstop

Then you can make those functions do what you want them to do, as +1 day or whatever. But then you will need to make those functions as well. You've got the basic declaration there in the top of your function; you'll need to move them out of the function and then write those functions. The basic outline of the function you've got looks correct.

Okay Thank you