Thread: Need help with formating a simple program!!

I am creating a program to read in 24 hour notation time and output standard time.
For example 23:32 should output 11:32 PM.

I have finished the program but am having trouble formatting the input.

This is what it shows on the screen when I run the program.

Please enter the time of day in 24 hour notation.
Hour : Min
23
: 32

Notice how after you enter the 23, it skips a line. I would like it to show up as 23:32 instead of 23
: 32

Is there a way to make it stay on the same line after cin?
Here is a copy of the input part of the code.

cout<<"Please enter the time of day in 24 hour notation.";
cout<<"\nHour : Min \n";
cin>>hour;
cout<<" : ";
cin>>min;

Here is the entire program code below if you need to copy and paste it.

Code:

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

int inputFunction(int& hour, int& min);
int convertFunction(int hour);
string meridiemFunction(int militaryHour);
void outputFunction(int hour, int min, string meridiem);
char repeatFunction(char repeat);

int main()
{
string meridiem;
int hour, min, militaryHour;
char repeat('N');

do
{
inputFunction(hour, min);
militaryHour=hour;
hour=convertFunction(hour);
meridiem=meridiemFunction(militaryHour);
outputFunction(hour, min, meridiem);
repeat=repeatFunction(repeat);
cout<<endl<<endl;



}while(repeat=='y'||repeat=='Y');
return(0);
}

int inputFunction(int& hour, int& min)
{
int ok;
do
{
cout<<"Please enter the time of day in 24 hour notation.";
cout<<"\nHour : Min \n";
cin>>hour;
cout<<" : ";
cin>>min;
if(hour>24||min>59)
{
ok=0;
cout<<"Invalid input for Hours or Minutes";
}
else
ok=1;
}while(ok==0);
return(0);

}

int convertFunction(int hour)
{
if(hour>12)
{
hour=hour-12;
}
return(hour);

}

string meridiemFunction(int militaryHour)
{
string meridiem;
if(militaryHour>11)
meridiem="PM";
else
meridiem="AM";
return(meridiem);
}

void outputFunction(int hour, int min, string meridiem)
{
cout<<"The hour in standard time is ";
cout<<hour<<":"<<min<<" "<<meridiem<<endl;
}

char repeatFunction(char repeat)
{
int ok;
do
{
cout<<"Would you like to enter another time? (Y/N): ";
cin>>repeat;
if(repeat=='Y'||repeat=='y'||repeat=='N'||repeat== 'n')
ok=1;
else
{
cout<<"Enter a valid character.";
ok=0;
}
}while(ok==0);
return(repeat);

}

This is a guess from a C programmer (learning C++); did you try put or write method?
ostream :: put - C++ Reference

Tim S.

I had the source code formatted right. I don't know why it didn't copy over when I pasted it. I still don't understand how to get it so the : is in between the hour and minute when the user inputs the time. Could someone show me an example? Sorry, but this is my first programming class and the teacher isn't really doing a good job, just gives us assignments and goes home.

Thanks for the help. Your right, this is beyond the scope of the assignment. Wanted to know how to do it just out of curiosity. If I can't figure this one out, I'll just prompt for the hour an minutes separately.

Thanks Again

Thanks for the help. Your right, this is beyond the scope of the assignment. Wanted to know how to do it just out of curiosity. If I can't figure this one out, I'll just prompt for the hour an minutes separately.

Thanks Again