quick question

**ibleedart** · 10-17-2007

Hi! I have a quick question. I am doing a project for my C++ OOD class and I'm creating a program for a reservation system for an airline. I'm trying to find a way to store information for five planes with 30 seats for each plane which includes 2 rows of 6 seats for first class and 3 rows of 6 seats for economy class. I'd like to display the info like:

Chicago Plane

First Class 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a

First Class 1b 2b 3b 4b 5b 6b

Economy 1c 2c 3c 4c 5c 6c

Economy 1d 2d 3d 4d 5d 6d

Economy 1e 2e 3e 4e 5e 6e

Should I use a multidimensional array to accomplish this or is there an easier way to do this? Sorry, still pretty new to this.

**dwks** · 10-17-2007

Sure, a multidimensional array would be one way to do it. But you'd probably end up with a pretty big and complicated variable.

I'd suggest something more like this.

Code:

class seat {};

class plane {
    seat firstclass[2][6];
    seat economyclass[3][6];
};

class airline {
    plane flight[5];
};

You could represent the seats as a simple array with 30 elements as well. It depends on how you want to reference the data.

**ibleedart** · 10-17-2007

I forgot, I'm sorry. I have to have 30 days worth of reservation seats available for 5 planes with 30 seats. How would I initialize the values for this? I don't want to initialize them all individually...seems like that would be a waste. I'm racking my brain trying to figure how to do this. I'm going to display the seat spread for that day and plane and then ask them which they would like to cancel or book.

**dwks** · 10-17-2007

I don't understand what you're trying to do, but never ever use something like this:

Code:

seat seat1;
seat seat2;
seat seat3;
/* ... */

It's just stupid. That's what arrays are for.

If you're worried about having to go

Code:

seat[0] = 0;
seat[1] = 0;

then do it in a loop or create a constructor for the class that does the initialization for you.

**Daved** · 10-17-2007

Or use a vector which initializes to 0 automatically.

**dwks** · 10-17-2007

Or if all you're doing is initializing to zero, for arrays, use

Code:

int array[N] = {};

or "= {0}" for C compatibility.

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