Need a lot of help!

I need to write a program that reads data from one file ( parts.txt) that contains information on parts sold. Each line in the file contains information on one part as follows -
part number(integer), selling price(double)and the quantity in stock(integer) The data is stored into an array. I need to read from another file (orderinfo.txt) and search for a particular part number. The 2nd file contains information for order requests. Each line in the file contains - an order num (int), part num and quantity requested (int)

If the part number is there, the order was successful.

All I have so far is shown below. I'm a newbie, can anyone recommend any good reading materials to help me?

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main () {

FILE * in=fopen ("partData.txt", "r");
FILE * out=fopen("report.txt", "w");

int partNum[100];
double price [100];
int quantityS [100];

for (int j=0;j < 100; j++)
fscanf(in, "%d", &partNum[j]);

for (int x=0; x < 100;x++)
fscanf (in, "%d", &price[x]);

for (int z=0; z < 100; z++)
fscanf(in, "%d", quantityS[z]);

fclose(in);

in = fopen ("orders.txt","r");
int a,b,c;

fscanf (in, "%s", &a);
fscanf (in, "%s", &b);
fscanf (in, "%s", &c);

fclose(in);
}

int partNum[100];
int x,y;

void selectionSort (int PartNum[], int size) {
for (x!=0; x <=size; x=x+1){
int smallest = x;
for (int y = x+1; y < size, y=y+1;);
if partNum [y] < partNum [smallest]
smallest=y;

int temp = partNum[smallest];
partNum[smallest] = partNum[x];
partNum[x] = temp;

}

int partNum[100];

int BinarySearch ( int partNum []), int size, int b) {
int lo = 0, hi=size-1;
while (lo <= hi) {
int mid (lo+hi)/2
if (partNum[mid] == b);
return mid;

if (partNum[mid] < b)
lo = mid + 1;

else
hi = mid - 1

}
return -1
}
}

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kandy757

I'm a newbie, can anyone recommend any good reading materials to help me?

I doubt you will find any books on writing ordering or point-of-sale systems that aren't designed for enterprise level applications, but some recommendations for general books on C can be found here: http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...endations.html.

Also, after reading hellork's suggested link and fixing your post, please tell us what is wrong with your program and what you don't get. Be as clear and as specific as possible.

I'm terribly sorry, I'm new to all of this.

Code:

#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main () { FILE * in=fopen ("partData.txt", "r"); FILE * out=fopen("report.txt", "w"); int partNum[100]; double price [100]; int quantityS [100]; for (int j=0;j < 100; j++) fscanf(in, "%d", &partNum[j]); for (int x=0; x < 100;x++) fscanf (in, "%d", &price[x]); for (int z=0; z < 100; z++) fscanf(in, "%d", quantityS[z]); fclose(in); in = fopen ("orders.txt","r"); int a,b,c; fscanf (in, "%s", &a); fscanf (in, "%s", &b); fscanf (in, "%s", &c); fclose(in); } int partNum[100]; int x,y; void selectionSort (int PartNum[], int size) { for (x!=0; x <=size; x=x+1){ int smallest = x; for (int y = x+1; y < size, y=y+1;); if partNum [y] < partNum [smallest] smallest=y; int temp = partNum[smallest]; partNum[smallest] = partNum[x]; partNum[x] = temp; } int partNum[100]; int BinarySearch ( int partNum []), int size, int b) { int lo = 0, hi=size-1; while (lo <= hi) { int mid (lo+hi)/2 if (partNum[mid] == b); return mid; if (partNum[mid] < b) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid - 1 } return -1 } }

I keep getting "expected unqualified-id before int" and "expected , or ; before 'int'"

I'm at a complete lost.

Basically, your code is rife with syntax errors.

As for your two errors you mentioned, line 44 needs () around the conditional and you need to remove a closing ) from the middle of your parameter list in BinarySearch.

Other errors I noticed:
1. Line 43 seems to have an unnecessary ; at the end
2. Several other lines are missing a ;
3. You're missing an = in the following line: int mid (lo+hi)/2
4. You've got some brackets out of whack, and consequently some strange variable declarations causing "unknown variable" stuff and all kinds of other problems. You may be missing a closing } for your selectionSort function and have an extra one at the bottom of the file (unless you meant for the BinarySearch function to only be callable from within selectionSort, which I'm doubt you do).

Clear, well formatted code with ample spacing around everything, and an editor that can do brace/bracket/parentheses matching, auto-indent and syntax highlighting are really helpful. Try sticking to a coding standard (Indent style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). I prefer K&R, but Allman and BSD KNF are popular and easy to read. As for editors, I like vi, but almost any IDE, as well as some advanced text editors have the features I mention.

Also, I recommend beginners to turn on all compiler warnings to help you catch other errors that may be grammatically correct, but produce bizarre results. Take a look at what my compiler produced:

main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:19: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int *’, but argument 3 has type ‘double *’
main.c:22: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int *’, but argument 3 has type ‘int’
main.c:29: warning: format ‘%s’ expects type ‘char *’, but argument 3 has type ‘int *’
main.c:30: warning: format ‘%s’ expects type ‘char *’, but argument 3 has type ‘int *’
main.c:31: warning: format ‘%s’ expects type ‘char *’, but argument 3 has type ‘int *’
main.c:9: warning: unused variable ‘out’
main.c: In function ‘selectionSort’:
main.c:41: warning: statement with no effect
main.c:43: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
main.c:44: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘partNum’
main.c:44: warning: statement with no effect
main.c:55: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘int’
main.c:53: warning: unused variable ‘partNum’

You need to read up on the scanf documentation to understand the different format specifiers and which go with what data types.

thank you so much !