array or int

**St0rmTroop3er** · 09-04-2003

Okay I want to make a program were the user inputs a name of an item and the proce of the item than keeps doing it till the user want to stop. Now my question is how should I store the users input? through multable varables...

Code:

char ItemOne
int itemPriceOne

or use arays

Code:

string itemname[128]
int itemprice[128]

int main()
{

 cout << "Enter item name: "
 cin << itemname[1]
 

if(itemname[1] = "done")
{
 displayinfo(void)
}
else
{

 main()
}

now that isn't my finle program it is just an idea of what i want to do. So should I use varables or arrays?

~StormTrooper

**JaWiB** · 09-04-2003

Well you could use some other container like linked list or vector :P...but I assume you are new to C++ so it would probably be a good idea to use an array, if only to get a better understanding of how to use them. Also if you use an array you can use a variable that is incremented in each loop to access/change the element:

Code:

for (int i=0;i<lgnthOfArray;i++)
{
  ...
  cin>>array[i];
}

**St0rmTroop3er** · 09-04-2003

Code:

for (int i=0;i<lgnthOfArray;i++)
{
  ...
  cin>>array[i];
}

okay do i need to int lgnthOfArray int it? so the code would be...

Code:

int IN; //Int Item name

int IP; // int Item Price

int main()
{

cout << "Enter in a Product Name: ";
cin >> ItemName[IN];

cout << "Enter in the products price: $ ";
cin >> ItemPrice[IP]

IN++;
IP++;

for (i <= 10) || (ItemName[I] = "Done") || (ItemName[i] = "done")
{
 displayInfo(void)

}

right?

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