help this beginner(now registered)

[butterfly]

Hi,
I have registered myself,as I suppose
I was violating the rule of being unregistered
and asking Qs,so pls atleast now help me out!!

the Q is if there are multiples of a single name in the database ,that records should be displayed and
user should be asked to type in the ID.....for which particular name he wants to make changes.......

I was able to find duplicate names but I just cant
understand when I type in the right ID then too
it displays the message
"ID not found"
Please look at my code,and pls let me know where I am going wrong......
I would really appreciate if someone help this beginner.

validCompName = validateCompetitorName(compName); 
result = checkDup(database,validCompName);
int index = unsortedFind(database,tmprec, validCompName);

if(result==1)
{
			
       if(index!=-1)
       {
	while(index<tmprec)
	{
		...display that particular records...								index ++;
	}
			
      }
			
   cout<<"Multiple entries found"<<endl;
   cout<<"pls type ID"<<endl;
    sID = getID();
    validID = validateID(sID,tmprec);
    ID = atoi(validID.c_str());

   if(database[index].ID!= ID)
  {	
     cout<<"ID not found"<<endl;
    displayMainMenu();
   option =getMenuOption();
}
   else if(database[index].ID==ID)
  {
		
      compName = getCompetitorName();
      validCompName = validateCompetitorName(compName);
	:
                :
      cout<<"record edited"<<endl;
        }       




int checkDup ( competitor database[], string name )
{

 for(int x= 0; x<DATABASESIZE;x++)
  {
         if ( database[x].competitorName == name ) 
          count++;	
		
   }
       return ( count > 1 ) ? 1 : 0;
}

int unsortedFind(const competitor database[], const int tmprec, string name)//tmrec = no. of records currently in an array
{

while(index <tmprec)
{
	if (name == database[index].competitorName)
	{
			result = index;
			index = tmprec;
	}
	else

		index++;
	}
	return result;
}

[billholm]

Hello cute little newbie!

I have no compiler here in the internet cafe so I just did a manual evaluation of your code.

I think this is your problem:

ID = atoi(validID.c_str());

I don't know if atoi() can evaluate a function, even if it returns a string.

If no conversion takes place, then atoi() returns a NULL and your ID may then have a zero value, which of course (I think), is not a valid ID in your database.

How bout tryin' this:

char *string;

string = validID.c_str();
ID = atoi(string);

Compile it and inform me if I'm mistaken.

[Unregistered]

Thanks for ur reply....
it was not problem of atoi function, I was not incrementing the index value,thats why it was just comparing with 0 ...as I had initiliazed the index to 0;
But thanks a lot anyway for the ur courtesy of replying to my thread.
There r still good people out there ,who give the helping hand who r really struggling hard .....to find the solution....for a problem.

[golfinguy4]

There is no unwritten rule of not helping Unregistereds. It is just that your code is incomplete so the problem may not be pinpointable. Also, you included a great deal of code which causes lazy people (like me ) to skip it. Hence, if you can pinpoint your problem by using your compiler errors, we might be able to help you.