I've looked through the board and haven't found anything that might help me out with this function, so I decided to post.
Below is a lottery program that asks for a number of tickets, whether you want the computer to generate numbers, or if you want to plug in your own. It then displays the winning numbers. All of this works fine.
***What I can't figure out is how to make a function that compares the winning numbers with the user's (manual or quickpick)numbers to see how many numbers match for each ticket. I've been playing with stuff on paper for the last week, and I honestly don't know where to start.***
Below is the current working program minus the comparison function. I am aware that the program below can be improved and done a thousand different ways, but the way most of this is done below is how my professor wanted this, so please, if possible, just stick to the comparison function. And yes, my Professor is aware of my using this board, and he encourages outside help when available. Thanks in advance.
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include<string.h> #include<ctype.h> #include<time.h> void computerGenerator(); void winningNumbers(); void inputstring( char *inputptr ); void printarray(int * arrpt); void playChoice(); void guess(); void ending(); char inputarray[512]; char *inputptr = inputarray; int main() { char start; srand(time(NULL)); int counter=0; char choice; int numPlay=0; int lotto[6][5]; int r, c; printf(" Welcome to the lotto game!!\n"); printf(" ------- -- --- ----- ------\n\n"); printf("This game asks you to pick six numbers or if you prefer\n"); printf("quickpick and then prints the winning number in ascending order\n\n"); printf("\tAre you ready to start?(y/n) ", &start); scanf("%c", &start); fflush(stdin); if (start == 'y') // begin if "yes" { system("cls"); printf("How many games would you like to play? \n"); scanf("%d", &numPlay); fflush(stdin); system("cls"); // clear screen printf(" Would you like to chose your own numbers, or are you lazy and want\n"); printf(" quick pick instead? \n\n Enter U for user input or Q for quickpick: "); scanf("%c", &choice); fflush(stdin); if (choice == 'q') // begin if "yes" { system("cls"); printf("Your quick pick numbers are: \n"); printf("---- ----- ---- ------- ----\n"); for( counter=numPlay; counter > 0; counter--) { computerGenerator(); }//end for } //end if else { system("cls"); printf("Please enter in your 6 numbers: \n"); for(r=0; r<numPlay; r++) { for(c=0; c < 6; c++) { scanf("%d", &lotto[c][r]); } } //end for r system("cls"); printf("Here are your %d hand-picked numbers:\n", numPlay); printf("---- --- ---- - ----------- --------\n"); for(r=0; r<numPlay; r++) { for(c=0; c < 6; c++) { printf("%2d ", lotto[c][r]); } printf("\n"); } //end for c }// end for winningNumbers(); } //end if else // begin if "no" { system("cls"); // clear screen printf("\n\n\n\n"); printf("\t Aww...you don't want to try my program?\n"); // ending printf("\tWho needs you anyway, huh? Go buy a real ticket.\n\n"); printf("\tAnother project brought to you by Me\n\n"); } // end else printf("\n"); system("PAUSE"); return 0; } //end main void inputstring( char *inputptr ) { while ( ( *inputptr++ = getchar() ) != '\n' ) { //printf("%c", (*inputptr)); } // printf("\n"); *( --inputptr ) = '\0'; } void computerGenerator() { int array[6]={0}; int arrlen; arrlen = sizeof(array)/sizeof(int); for(int x=0; x < arrlen; x++ ) { array[x] = (int) rand()%53+1; for(int y=0; y<x; y++) { if (array[y] == array[x]) { array[x] = (int) rand()%53+1; y=0; } //if() } //for (y) } //for (x) // sort array using swap and bubbles for(int y=0; y < arrlen-1; y++ ) { for(int x=0; x < arrlen-1; x++ ) { if (array[x] > array[x+1]) { int temp; temp = array[x]; array[x] = array [x+1]; array [x+1] =temp; } // } // } // printarray(array); } // end generator void winningNumbers() { int array[6]={0}; int arrlen; arrlen = sizeof(array)/sizeof(int); for(int x=0; x < arrlen; x++ ) { array[x] = (int) rand()%53+1; for(int y=0; y<x; y++) { if (array[y] == array[x]) { array[x] = (int) rand()%53+1; y=0; } //if() } //for (y) } //for (x) // sort array using swap and bubbles for(int y=0; y < arrlen-1; y++ ) { for(int x=0; x < arrlen-1; x++ ) { if (array[x] > array[x+1]) { int temp; temp = array[x]; array[x] = array [x+1]; array [x+1] =temp; } // } // } // printf("\n\nThe winning lotto numbers are: \n"); printf("--- ------- ----- ------- ---- \n"); printarray(array); } // end generator void printarray(int*arrpt) { for (int x=0; x<6; x++) { printf("%2d ", arrpt[x]); } printf("\n"); } // end printarray void guess() { int play[6]={0}; printf("Enter the six numbers you want to play\n"); printf("Type them in separating by a space\n"); inputstring( inputptr ); system("CLS"); } void ending() { int iochar; printf("\nYour hand-picked numbers are: "); printf( inputarray ); printf("\n"); }
Originally Posted by BungleSpice
