Thread: How to structure my arrays?

Hello i have an assignment due soon where I need to make three seperate arrays that will be Student Number as an integer, GPA as a double and Student last name as a string. Where the information input will be terminated if the student number is sentinel -999. I am to assume there are up to 100 students in file. Then cout the information into columns with column headings in order GPA, Name and number. Then finding at the end the total number of students and the average number of GPA scores.

So far all i have been able to do is make a column of all the GPA scores with no heading, sense i cant find out how to make a heading for it and I cant make a string based array work at all im utterly confused.

Can you show what you've got so far?

Normally I'd advise to do these things in steps. Based on the information in the assignment, it seems like you should be able to declare your arrays. Have you done that?

After that, you should be able to read data into the arrays from cin. Have you done that? Does your check count how many entries it is reading in? Does it stop at -999?

For the columns, it sounds like you need to use stuff from <iomanip>, have you studied that?

rocketman50, we generally try not to give solutions to homework assignments, especially not ones that are incorrect. I know yours is meant as a starting point, but the code accomplishes (or tries to accomplish) several of the specific pieces of the assignment that are being tested.

Code:

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


int main ()
{
int counter=0;

int const max_array=100;
string name_array[max_array];
double gpa_array[max_array];
int id_array[max_array];

cout<<"Please Enter the GPA for the number of students"<<endl;

{
for(int counter=0; counter<5; counter++) 
cin>>gpa_array[counter];
}         

        
{
cout<<endl;
for(int counter=0; counter<5; counter++)
cout<<gpa_array[counter]<<" "<<endl;
    
return 0;
}   
}

so far this is what I have done on my own after this im am unsure of how to begin my string array and how to manipulate it.

Not sure if this is what you are after, but if you change

Code:

#include <cstring>

to the C++ version

Code:

#include <string>

You can add strings to the array in the same way as you are doing now with the gpa_array


i.e. this will work

Code:

{
for(int counter=0; counter<5; counter++) 
cin>>name_array[counter];
}

Also, you might want to delete the first 'int counter=0;' above the array declarations as it is not needed

Not sure if this is what you are after, but if you change
Code:

#include <cstring>

to the C++ version
Code:

#include <string>

Using letter 'c' before C header file names is C++ recommendation. In other words, using <string.h> is C style and <cstring> is C++ style. We use '.h' with header files in C but not in C++.

>> I think I made my point clear now.
Yeah, but the point is confusing since the OP should be using <string>. What rocketman50 said was correct.

What rocketman50 said was correct.

I never meant to say that. Never mind.