making selections from a struct

The program has to read a file into an array. after the struct is into an array the user must make up to 8 selections.

I have a void function to make the sections but I don't know how to print out only the selections the user has chosen via a different void function.

Code:

void makeSelection(menuItemType[], int noOfItems)
{
                int i = 0;
	char answer;
	
	
	cout << "You can make up to " << noOfItems << " single order selections." << endl;
	cout << endl;
	cout << "Do you want to make a selection? Y/y (yes) or any other key for No: ";
	cin >> answer;
	
	if (answer == 'y' || 'Y') 
	{
		if (i == i) 
	    {
		cout << "*** This item has already been selected ***" << endl;
	cout << "Enter item number from Menu: ";
	cin >> i;
	cout << "Do you want to make another selection? Y/y (Yes) or any other key for No: ";
	cin >> answer;
	cout << "Enter item number from Menu: ";
	cin >> i;  
	}
		
		}
		else 
		{
		 printCheck (menuList, noOfItems);			}
	}
void printCheck (menuItemType menuList[], int noOfItems)
{
	cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
	cout << "Welcome to Smitty's Restaurant"<<endl;
	cout << "The Cheapest Eats in Town!!!" << endl;
	cout << "=============================" << endl;
	cout << "****" << setw(15) << "Menu Items Selected: " << "****" << endl;
	cout << endl;
}

The program has to read a file into an array. after the struct is into an array

"struct is into the array" ??

I have a void function

"void function"??

Post an example of what you mean--it might be clearer than trying to describe it.

I edited my message

Hi,

You can store the user's integer selections in an array, and have your function return an array. So, you might have something like this:

string menuItems[8]; //contains the items you read in from the file

int choices[8] = {0}; //use this array to store the user's choices

Then, in your other function, you can display the strings corresponding to the customer's choices:

Code:

if(choices[i] != 0)  
    cout<<menuItems[ choices[i] ]<<endl;

Note, you might have to subtract 1 from choices[i] to get the right index position in the menuItems array.

I'd recommend forgetting about writing code for now and try to write out on paper what you want to do with the code line by line:

0)declare int i and initialize to 0
1)declare stream to read from file x.
2)while still data to read into file
3)read each struct from file x one at a time, placing them into array y using index i to keep track of where each new struct read in should go.
4)increment i by one each time through loop.
5)output instructions to user
6)declare variable to keep track of how many unique items user has selected and initialize to 0.
7)declare flag to allow user to select less than 8 unique items, if they don't want to select the full 8, and initialize to y/Y.
8)declare array of z ints to keep track of selections and initialize all elements in array to zero.
9)Ask user if they want to choose an item.
10)Enter response into flag.
11)While response is y/Y and number of unique items selected under 8, then enter loop, otherwise, exit
12)display menu to select from
13)ask user for selection
14)check array to see if value at index corresponding to selection number entered has value of zero, meaning not selected yet.
15)if item available change value of appropriate element in array to something other than zero, increment number of uinque choices, and ask user if they want to make another selection
16)else output statement indicating selection already chosen
17)when loop stops because user entered something other than y/Y or because unique items == 8 use another loop to output selections based on value of elements in array from #8

Now when you're satisfied you've got all the steps written down on paper, try writing code. Admittedly, this gets easier to do after you've written some successful code, but it's amazing how much it will help get things on the right track.

I still can't get the choices to accumulate.

There's something wrong here:

Code:

if (i == i)

I was trying to check to see if the entry has be entered

Still, comparing a variable with itself will always yield true.

> Still, comparing a variable with itself will always yield true.
Unless it's declared volatile

Yeah ... still, I would consider that a bug. A very nasty one, too. What's the chance, after all?