Thread: Need help

I want to make a decision based program based on what words the user inputs and I want the program to check the user inputs against specific requirements then make another decision if these specific requirements are met, if they are I want the program to first output it to the screen then secondly I want it to save it in a folder called requirements met, if the requirements aren't met I want the program to again output it to the screen including the reasons it didnt meet the requirements before storing it into a file called requirements not met

Hope someone can help GRG

*edit* the specific requirements are:
the word is no long that 10 letters and must not contain numbers

What have you tried so far?

Post your code and we can look at it and offer advice.
I would guess its basic file IO operations and input/output

I would tackle this one thing at a time. All of it can be done with seperate functions called from main, for example:

Code:

int main() {
        input=getuserinput();
        condition=checkinput(input);
        if (condition==x) printtofile(input);
        else showonscreen(input);
}

One of the decisions you have to make is whether the function which gets the user input should also check it, or whether it should be checked by another function. The second way is better, since then you could have more than one kind of check function but probably only need a single, generic get-input function.

So the first thing you should try and do is write the getinput function and make sure it returns correct info back to main -- a possible sketch:

Code:

char *getinput() {
  the function
}

int main() {
        char input[256];   // size as appropriate
        input=getinput();
        printf("%s\n",input);
        return 0;
}

Once you have this working, it will be easy to add more functions to complete the rest of your specifications.

Originally Posted by geekrockergal

Thanks but it confusing my little brain

As it should

Code:

char input[256];   // size as appropriate
input=getinput();

you cannot assign to array

moreover - you have already a standard function for reading strings in C
it is called fgets, so just use it where appropriate

Originally Posted by geekrockergal

it doesnt take much

you can start with reading the FAQ
for example there is

FAQ > How do I... (Level 1) > Get a line of text from the user/keyboard (C)