Thread: Array help on my quiz

Hey guys, so I just recently got back into programming and I decided to program one of those stupid "what highschool stereotype are you" quizzes to see what i still remember. Everything went great untill I realized that I don't know how to check if one variable is the greatest out of all the variables in the program (which would decide the end result) without writing a ton of if statements. I asked someone how i could do it in a simpler way and they said I need to put my variables in an array so I could bubble sort them. So my question is how do I make an array with 8 int variables in it and also if you could help me out with the whole bubble sort thing that would be great. Here's my program so far if it helps (im only putting in the first part cuz its pretty long but you should get the gist of what I'm trying to do)

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	int think;
	int bro = 0;
	int jock = 0;
	int art = 0;
	int rock = 0;
	int stoner = 0;
	int nerd = 0;
	int rich = 0;
	int ba = 0;
	int a;
	int b;
	int c;
	int d;
	int e;
	int f;
	int g;

	cout<<"THE HIGHSCHOOL STERIOTYPE QUIZ\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cout<<"How To Play:\n";
	cout<<"You will be asked a series of questions to determine your personality, \nanswer truthfully by typing the number next to the response that fits you best \nand then hitting the enter key. In the event that multiple responses fit you, \nDO NOT type both numbers, choose the one that fits you best.\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cout<<"Are you ready to find out what highschool steriotype you are? \nPress enter to find out!\n";
	cin.get();

	cout<<"What would you classify yourself as? (does not count towards final result)\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cout<<"1. Lax Bro\n";
	cout<<"2. Jock\n";
	cout<<"3. Artist\n";
	cout<<"4. Rocker\n";
	cout<<"5. Stoner\n";
	cout<<"6. Nerd\n";
	cout<<"7. Rich Kid\n";
	cout<<"or are you...\n";
	cout<<"8. BEYOND AUTHORITY!!!\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cin>> think;
	cout<<"\n";

	cout<<"QUESTION 1\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cout<<"What's your favorite sport?\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cout<<"1. Football\n";
	cout<<"2. Do gigs count as sports?\n";
	cout<<"3. Baseball\n";
	cout<<"4. Lacrosse\n";
	cout<<"5. Sports?\n";
	cout<<"6. I'm too good for sports\n";
	cout<<"\n";
	cin>> a;
	cout<<"\n";

	switch (a) {
		case 1:
			jock = jock + 1;
			break;
		case 2:
			rock = rock + 1;
			break;
		case 3:
			rich = rich + 1;
			break;
		case 4:
			bro = bro + 1;
			break;
		case 5:
			art = art + 1;
			nerd = nerd + 1;
			stoner = stoner + 1;
			break;
		case 6:
			ba = ba + 1;
			break;
		default:
			cout<<"Wow... Is it really that hard to put in the right number? GET OUT!\n";
			return 0;
	}

ok thanks a lot. I do have a couple questions though cuz i kinda suck at programming haha. in the 3rd line of your code what does that value do? In the example on this site the value there is x*y but i dont want the array to really do anything except for let me compare the variables so what would I put there? Also, as you can see, My program has more variables than the ones I want to compare so how would i tell the array to hold only the variables I want to compare? Thirdly, I don't understand what you mean about a max variable. Thanks.

by max variable he means make a variable that stands for the biggest number you have found so far in the loop.

Code:

int max = 0;
for( i=0;  .......... )
if( arr[i] > max )
max = arr[i]

so for mine would I do something like variables[0] = bro, variables[1] = jock etc? and i still dont get the whole max variable thing

sorry for bringing back this thread but i gave up on this program for a little. I really dont understand how i would make a max variable or even implement it in here

alright Elysia im taking your advice and im doing something wrong haha. heres the code:

Code:

#include <algorithm>

foreward_iterator max_element (foreward_iterator start, foreward_iterator end);


// then the rest of the main() which works fine and then this:


		int ar[8] = { bro,jock,art,rock,stoner,nerd,rich,ba };
        unsigned int array_size = sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]);
        cout<<"You are really a "

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = bro){
				cout<<"lax bro!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = jock){
				cout<<"jock!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = art){
				cout<<"artist!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = rock){
				cout<<"rocker!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = stoner){
				cout<<"stoner!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = nerd){
				cout<<"nerd!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = rich){
				cout<<"rich kid!\n";
			}

			if (*max_element(array, array+array_size) = ba){
				cout<<"BEYOND AUTHORITY!!!\n";

I know im really bad but this is the best i could do looking at the link you sent me. what am I doing wrong?

also as I've already declared my array like this its saying I'm redefining it by doing that^

Code:

int ar [8];

	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
		ar[0] = bro;
		ar[1] = jock;
		ar[2] = art;
		ar[3] = rock;
		ar[4] = stoner;
		ar[5] = nerd;
		ar[6] = rich;
		ar[7] = ba;
	}

ok. could you give me an example of how i would do both of those things?