Thread: stuck on time!!!!

Hi,
Please help me out in solving this Q.I am newbie and I am not sure whether I am doing right thing??

The Q is to take swim,cycle,run times from user and display the best from each leg of competition.

thanks in advance.

I am submiiting code for calculating the best swim time:

Code:

int main()
{
int best_swim_time=1000;
do{
if(swim_time<best_swim_time)//swim_time entered by                               user//
{
		
    be_swim_time= swim_time;
     best_swim_name= nam;
	}
}while(true);

My test data:
1st competitor:- ST:18sec,RT:3sec,CT:4sec
2nd competitor:- ST:10sec,RT:8sec.CT:13sec
results:best ST 2nd competitor (which is right)
best CT,RT again 2nd competitor(which is wrong)

1st competitor:- ST:2sec,RT:4sec,CT:9sec
2nd competitor:- ST:9sec, RT:3sec,CT :2sec
results:best RT & CT 2nd competitor(which is right)
best ST again 2nd competitor(which is wrong)

You need to think through your logic and then write it out in a flow chart or what ever it takes to make sense... if you can't do that then you won't be able to code it.

Here is some quick and dirty code I banged out to help you get moving. You should be able to modify it to do what you want... I hope you will not copy it verbatum... but that it up to you.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

struct competitor_info {
	char name[30];
	int swim_time;
	int run_time;
	int cycle_time;
	int overall_time;
};

#define MAX_COMPETITORS 3

int main()
{
	competitor_info race_results[MAX_COMPETITORS];
	int best_time=1000;
	int competitor=0;
	int winner=0;

	// initialize array values;
	for (int i=0; i<MAX_COMPETITORS; ++i)
	{
		race_results[i].name[0] = '\0';
		race_results[i].swim_time = 0;
		race_results[i].run_time = 0;
		race_results[i].cycle_time = 0;
		race_results[i].overall_time = 0;
	}		
	

	do {
		cout << "enter name of competitor #" << competitor+1 << ": ";
		cin >> race_results[competitor].name;

		cout << "enter swim time: ";
		cin >> race_results[competitor].swim_time;

		cout << "enter run time: ";
		cin >> race_results[competitor].run_time;

		cout << "enter cycle time: ";
		cin >> race_results[competitor].cycle_time;

		race_results[competitor].overall_time = 
			race_results[competitor].swim_time+
			race_results[competitor].run_time+
			race_results[competitor].cycle_time;

		if(race_results[competitor].overall_time<best_time)
		{
			best_time = race_results[competitor].overall_time;
			winner=competitor;
		}

		// check for bad input		

		if (!race_results[competitor].swim_time || 
			!race_results[competitor].swim_time || 
			!race_results[competitor].swim_time)
		{
			cout << "you must compete in all events\n";
			cout << "you have been disqualified\n";
		}
		else ++competitor;
	
	} while (competitor < MAX_COMPETITORS);

	cout << "\n\n===============================================\n";
	cout << "best overall time: " << best_time << endl;
	cout << "winner: " << race_results[winner].name << endl;
	cout << "swim time: " << race_results[winner].swim_time << endl;
	cout << "run time: " << race_results[winner].run_time << endl;
	cout << "cycle time: " << race_results[winner].cycle_time << endl;

	return 0;
}