help this beginner(now registered)

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.

Code:

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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;
}

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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. :D :D :D

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.

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 :D) to skip it. Hence, if you can pinpoint your problem by using your compiler errors, we might be able to help you.