Thread: Filling an array

All it need liked you said was the _getch().

_getch() isn't portable, you should be using getchar() instead. It doesn't do exactly the same thing, but it's close enough not to matter.

Also is this "fflush( stdout );" just clearing the buffer?

It makes sure that the message is really printed before scanf() starts waiting for input. If it isn't, the user will sit around wondering what to do.

Here is what I have no besides your size variable lol.

Code:

void get_Pay_Rate (int id[], float pay_Rate[], int hour[])
{
	

	int i = 0;
	int emp_Count = 0;
	float pay_Rates = 0.0;
	
	printf("Please enter pay rates that match the following Id's! \n\n");
	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARRAY;)
	{
			printf( "ID: %d\tPayrate: \tHours: ", id[i] );
			fflush( stdout );
			scanf_s("%f", &pay_Rate[i]);
			scanf_s("%d", &hour[i]);
				if (pay_Rate[i] < 6.0) 
				{
					printf("You have entered an invalid payrate; please try again!\n\n");
					continue;
				}
				else if (hour[i] < 0)
				{
					printf("You have entered an invalid amount of hours; please try again!\n\n");
					continue;
				}
				else 
				{
				i++;
				}		
	}

}  // End of get_payRate

what do I need to do to make all the inputs line up nice? The hours input lines up nicely but the other doesn't.

Lining things up really only works if the data isn't being entered dynamically or if you're only entering one thing at the end of the line like with the id and payrate. You have to hit enter to send input to the program, so something like this might be better:

Code:

printf( "\nID: %d\nPayrate: ", id[i] );
fflush( stdout );
scanf_s("%f", &pay_Rate[i]);
printf( "Hours: " );
fflush( stdout );
scanf_s("%d", &hour[i]);

That puts everything nicely on a single line and groups them together. It's not as concise, but it works for any number of fields.