Thread: Need assistance on my assignment, kind of stuck.

I am working on an assignment and would like an input if I am heading in a right direction. I am also stuck on specific guideline and I need assistance on how to complete it.

Here's what my assignment asking us to do:
Create a program that be used for keeping track of textbooks required and recommended for classes and the cost of those textbooks...
Right now I am trying to do one of many line formats such as:
"B<ISBN><Title>
- Define a book. The ISBN is a 13 digit number. The Title is a string of arbitrary length(ending with line break).
e.g : B 1234567890123 Programming for Dummies"

And this is what I have so far:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;




int main() {
    
    char input;
    
    cout << "Please enter a single or double character that identifies the type of operation: "<< endl;
    cin >> input;
    
    string ISBN;
    string TITLE;
    
    switch ( input ){
        case 'B':
        //Stuck here...    
        break;
    }
    
    
    
}

Now I am lost as in what the format wants me to do, do I make my own books, and when the user input "B" they will get all the possible book outputs? Or I am not understanding the requirements correctly.

You may want to consider a class or so to hold the required values.

Jim

Ah ok, I'll take that into consideration. Thanks. But did I interpreted the question correctly?

You should ask whoever gave you this assignment for further explanation. The description you've provided is, to me at least, unclear.

Yeah, it is best to ask my instructor for clarity, thanks.