Thread: help debugging

I'm supposed to open a .dat file and compute the average grade for some students, assign a letter grade and then cout the results.


I'm getting: LNK2001: unresolved externatl symbol "double" Array

Any suggestions, hints, etc?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

double Accum;
double Average;
double Array[];
string LetterGrade;

void Grade(double Array[], double i);

int main(){
	ifstream InFile;
	string MyFile;//File to be opened
	cout << "Please enter the file to open: ";
	cin >> MyFile;
	cout << endl;

	InFile.open(MyFile.c_str());
	if(!InFile.is_open()){
		cout << "File does not exist!" << endl;
		getch();
		exit(0);
		}

	cout << MyFile;
	int i = 0;
	while(InFile >> MyFile){
		Grade(Array, i);
		}
				
	InFile.close();
	getch();
	return 0;
}
	void Grade(double Array[], double i){
		for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
			for(int r = 0; r < 5; r++){
			Accum += Array[i];
		}
		
		double Average = Accum / i;
			if(Average > 89)
				LetterGrade = "A";
			else if(Average > 79)
				LetterGrade = "B";
			else if(Average > 69)
				LetterGrade = "C";
			else if(Average > 59)
				LetterGrade = "D";
			else
				LetterGrade = "F";
	cout << "The average grade for Sims is " << Average
		<< " with a letter grade of " << LetterGrade  << '.';	
		}
	}

Not sure since I don't use the Borland compilers needed for conio.h but when I remove that I get a message about unkown storage size of Array which may be your problem since its size needs to be initiated and unlike a vector it can't resize.

Give the array a const size, then grow where needed.

You cannot really grow a static array. Simplest solution is to make the array plenty large enough to hold the maximum number of entries you might get. Do this by putting the appropriate number between the brackets on line 9. If your instructor/assignment/book doesn't specify a maximum, then you'll have to use dynamic memory, or a vector, which is the preferred C++ solution for dynamic arrays.

Thank you-

That fixed that problem.

Our class uses: C++ Program Design by Cohoon and Davidson, 3rd edition. Don't like it too much.

Can you recommend any books on C++ that are straightfarward?

Accelerated C++ is usually recommended as the best pure C++ teaching book, but I don't know if it would meet your criteria of straightforward.

Can you recommend any books on C++ that are straightfarward?

"Ivor Horton's Beginning C++"

It's a fairly difficult book, but it's excellent and it makes a great reference, so if you wanted to use it as companion book to look up things you don't understand, I would recommend it. Go to a bookstore and take a look at it and see what you think.