New to C, Array Help

[pardity]

I'm trying to put what i've learned into a little program that calculates batting average.

I want to store the batting averages of the players in an array and printf the best average at the end by name for example Dennis Ritchie had best batting average at .600.

I'm having trouble understanding how and what type of array to use.

Looking for a little guidance, also if I could have done something smarter or easier please let me know, much appreciated.

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    char playerName[20];
    int totalPlayers, atBats, totalHits, x;
    float battingAvg;
    
    // Get total number of batters
    printf("How many batters?\n");
    scanf(" %i", &totalPlayers);
    
    // Check averages of all batters
    for ( x = 0; x < totalPlayers; x++ )
    {
        printf("Players name?\n");
        scanf(" %s", *&playerName);
        // Total at bats
        printf("at bats?\n");
        scanf(" %i", &atBats);
        // Total hits
        printf("hits?\n");
        scanf(" %i", &totalHits);
        // Hits divided by at bats = bAvg
        battingAvg = totalHits / (float)atBats;
        printf ("%s batting average is %.3f\n\n", playerName, battingAvg);
    }
    return 0;
}

[nonpuz]

Do you have to use arrays here? It seems like you need at least 2 or 3 pieces of data per each "player".

Using arrays you would need 2-3 arrays and maintain each one in parallel for each piece of data per player.

The ideal solution would be to use structures. Then you could represent a player like this:

struct player_info {
    char name[20];
    long atbats;
    long hits;
    double battingAvg;
};

Then you just need 1 array of "players":

struct player_info players[NUM_PLAYERS];

And you can manage your data in a unified manner, still using simple array semantics, with a single array.

[pardity]

Thanks nonpuz! I'll have a look at it.