Thread: Please Help?

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    Please Help?

    Okay. So I'm pretty new to C++ Programming, and my class I'm taking isn't teaching the material well enough for me to understand. Well, for this, I have written code for a game show program that outputs its high scores to a .txt file (called High_Scores.txt). I need to write another program with two for ( ) loops that re-writes to the high score document, and reset the high scores with the user's input. I have no idea how to do this. Could you guys please help me out, or point me in the right direction? The only requirement it has is that it needs two for ( ) loops, and resets the high score document. Here is my code for the quiz show program:

    Code:
    /* 
    
     
    
    The Great Quiz Show Game 
    
     
    
                by 
    
     
    
             Your Name 
    
     
    
    */ 
    
     
    
    // Include the libraries 
    
    #include <iostream> 
    
    #include <string> 
    
    #include <fstream> 
    
     
    
    //Use the standard namespace 
    
    using namespace std; 
    
     
    
    // Declare global variables 
    
    int Guess; 
    
    int Winnings; 
    
     
    
    //Define the Question class 
    
    class Question 
    
    { 
    
    private: 
    
       string Question_Text; 
    
       string Answer_1; 
    
       string Answer_2; 
    
       string Answer_3; 
    
       string Answer_4; 
    
       int Correct_Answer; 
    
       int Prize_Amount; // How much the question is worth 
    
    public: 
    
       void setValues (string, string, string, string, string, int, int); 
    
       void askQuestion ( ); 
    
    }; 
    
     
    
    void main ( ) 
    
    { 
    
       //Declare local variables 
    
       int High_Score[5]; 
    
       string High_Score_Name[5]; 
       int Rank;
    
       // Initialize a high score at 0
       High_Score[4] = 0;
    
       // Input the high scores from a file
       ifstream Input_High_Scores;
       Input_High_Scores.open("High_Scores.txt");
    
       for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
       {
    		Input_High_Scores >> High_Score[i];
    		Input_High_Scores >> High_Score_Name[i];
       }
       Input_High_Scores.close ();
    
    if (High_Score[4] == 0)
    {
    
    	   //Initialize local variables 
    
    	   High_Score[0] = 25000; 
    
    	   High_Score[1] = 12000; 
    
    	   High_Score[2] = 7500; 
    
    	   High_Score[3] = 4000; 
    
    	   High_Score[4] = 2000; 
    
    	   High_Score_Name[0] = "Gwyneth"; 
    
    	   High_Score_Name[1] = "Adam"; 
    
    	   High_Score_Name[2] = "Nastasia"; 
    
    	   High_Score_Name[3] = "Nicolas"; 
    
    	   High_Score_Name[4] = "Dani";
    }
    
     
    
       // Show the title screen 
    
        cout << "****************************" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*                          *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "* The Great Quiz Show Game *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*                          *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*              by          *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*                          *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*           Your Name      *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "*                          *" << endl; 
    
        cout << "****************************" << endl; 
    
        cout << endl; 
    
     
    
       // Create instances of Question 
    
       Question q1; 
    
       Question q2; 
    
       Question q3;
    
       Question q4;
    
       Question q5;
    
     
    
       // Set the values of the Question instances 
    
       q1.setValues ("What does cout do?", 
    
                   "Eject a CD", 
    
                   "Send text to the printer", 
    
                   "Print text on the screen", 
    
                   "Play a sound", 
    
                   3, 
    
                   2500); 
    
     
    
       q2.setValues ("What are the two sections in a class?", 
    
                   "public and local", 
    
                   "global and local", 
    
                   "global and private", 
    
                   "public and private", 
    
                   4, 
    
                   5000); 
    
       q3.setValues ("What does cin do?",
    				 
    				 "Gets input from a file",
    
    				 "Gets input from the user",
    
    				 "Gets input from the computer",
    
    				 "Gets the letter c",
    
    				 2,
    
    				 2500);
    
       q4.setValues ("What is the << operator used for?",
    
    				 "To output info",
    
    				 "To input info",
    
    				 "To compare two values",
    
    				 "To call a function",
    
    				 1,
    
    				 5000);
    
       q5.setValues ("What is an operator?",
    
    				 "A type of function",
    
    				 "A type of integer",
    
    				 "A special kind of instruction for the computer",
    				 
    				 "A special kind of instruction for the user",
    
    				 3,
    
    				 5000);
    
     
    
       // Ask the questions 
    
       q1.askQuestion ( ); 
    
       q2.askQuestion ( ); 
    
       q3.askQuestion ( );
    
       q4.askQuestion ( );
    
       q5.askQuestion ( );
    
       if (Winnings >= High_Score[4])
       {
    		// Get user's rank
    	   for (int i = 4; Winnings >= High_Score[i] && i >= 0; i--)
    	   {
    			Rank = i;
    	   }
    
    	   // Rearrange the high scores list
    	   for (int i = 4; i != Rank; i--)
    	   {
    			High_Score[i-1];
    			High_Score_Name[i] = High_Score_Name[i-1];
    	   }
    
    	   cout << "You got a high score!" << endl;
    	   cout << "Please enter your name." << endl;
    	   cin >> High_Score_Name[Rank];
    	   High_Score[Rank] = Winnings;
       }
    
       // Print the high score list 
    
       cout << "High Score List" << endl; 
    
       cout << endl; 
    
       for (int i = 0; i< 5; i++) 
    
       { 
    
          cout << High_Score[i] << " " << High_Score_Name[i] << endl; 
    
       } 
    
     
    
       // Output the high scores to a file 
    
       ofstream Output_High_Scores; 
    
       Output_High_Scores.open ("High_Scores.txt"); 
    
     
    
       for (int i = 0; i< 5; i++) 
    
       { 
    
          Output_High_Scores << High_Score[i] << endl; 
    
          Output_High_Scores << High_Score_Name[i] << endl; 
    
       } 
    
       Output_High_Scores.close ( ); 
    
       system ("PAUSE");
    
    } 
    
     
    
    // Stores values for Question variables 
    
    void Question::setValues (string q, string a1, string a2, string a3, string a4, int ca, int pa) 
    
    { 
    
       Question_Text = q; 
    
       Answer_1 = a1; 
    
       Answer_2 = a2; 
    
       Answer_3 = a3; 
    
       Answer_4 = a4; 
    
       Correct_Answer = ca; 
    
       Prize_Amount = pa; 
    
    } 
    
     
    
    void Question::askQuestion ( ) 
    
    { 
    
       // Ask the question 
    
       cout << endl; 
    
       cout << Question_Text << endl; 
    
       cout << "1. " << Answer_1 << endl; 
    
       cout << "2. " << Answer_2 << endl; 
    
       cout << "3. " << Answer_3 << endl; 
    
       cout << "4. " << Answer_4 << endl; 
    
       cout << endl; 
    
     
    
       // Ask for a guess 
    
       cout << "What is your answer?" << endl; 
    
       cin >> Guess; 
    
     
    
       // If user guesses right, add Prize_Amount to Winnings 
    
       if (Guess == Correct_Answer) 
    
       { 
    
          cout << endl; 
    
          cout << "You are correct." << endl; 
    
          Winnings = Winnings + Prize_Amount; 
    
          cout << "You just won $" << Prize_Amount << "!" << endl; 
    
          cout << "Total winnings: $" << Winnings << endl; 
    
          cout << endl; 
    
       } 
    
       else 
    
       { 
    
          cout << endl; 
    
          cout << "You are not correct." << endl; 
    
          cout << "Total winnings: $" << Winnings << endl; 
    
          cout << endl; 
    
       } 
    
    }

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    What do you mean "you don't know how to reset the table".

    You already have all the bits you need.

    > //Initialize local variables
    and
    > // Output the high scores to a file
    are the essential bits.

    On a code presentation note, double-spacing the entire file makes it pretty unreadable.

    Oh, and choose a decent topic title
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    Okay. Thank you for the info. And sorry about the double-spacing and all. I'm new to the site, and that's how I write my code until it's complete.

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