Command Line Arguments Dilemma!!

I'm trying to create program that takes argument form the command line. e.g as below..k.out of course, is my command name..and the arguments follows..

k.out A+ B C D E

This should then print out : Pass: 3 Real:4 Highest: A+

char* pass[] = {"A+", "A", "B","B-", "C+","C"};
char* fail[] = {"D","F"};


p is the number of arguments in pass[]
Real is p plus number of arguments in fail[]

Highest is the argument in pass[] with smallest index or if none,
the argument with smallest index in fail[] or " " if no valid arguments.

Here's what i've been able to do..and i got stuck..any advise or directions would be highly appreciated..

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
  char* passing [] = {"A+", "A", "A-", "B+", "B", "B-", "C+", "C", "C-"};
  char* failing [] = {"D", "F"};
  int n =0;
  int pCount = 0;
  int fCount = 0;

  for (i = 1, i<argc; i++)
  {
    if ( strcmp(argv[i], passing[] ==0) )
        pCount++;
        passing[]++;


    if (strcmp(argv[i], failing[] == 0) )
        fCount++;
        failing[]++;
  }

  printf("Valid:%d, Passed:%d, Highest: %s\n",  n, p, h);

 }

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Are you paying attention at all to your compiler's messages? My sources say no. You can't pass an entire array of pointers to strcmp and expect it to loop through them all for you. :rolleyes: It doesn't work that way. Hell, just looking at the function prototype for strcmp tells you that much.

Apply some basic logic:

Code:

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for each command line argument
    for each passing grade
        compare this command line argument to this passing grade
            if it's a match, stop looking
    for each failing grade
        compare this command line argument to this failing grade
            if it's a match, stop looking

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Now, if you don't know how to do that, I'd suggest writing a program that will simply print out each one of the grades, passing and failling. Once you figure out how to do that, you'll know how to do the above.


Quzah.

Hey Quzah,
Thanks for that simple algor...i'd use that frame to work it..i appreicate that...like i said iw asn't sure how the comparison works with the arrays.I'd get my updated version up once i'm done.
Thanks.