Struct Help

Hi....i want to add data into a struct array and save it. how will i do this?i can get it to work.please help....

Code:

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// STRUCTURES

struct CatRec {
  char catname[10];  // Cat Name
  char gender;      // The Gender of the Cat: M,F
  char type[20];    // Type of Cat
  char color[10];    // The Color of the Cat
  int  age;          // Age of Cat
  char genuine;      // Genuine Breed
};


void main()
{
  struct CatRec Cats[100];
  int choice;
  int n=1;

  do
  {
      clrscr();

      choice = Menu(choice);

        switch (choice)
        {
                case 1: clrscr();
                        AddCat(Cats,n);
                        break;

............... bla bla bla


void AddCat(struct CatRec Cats[],int &n)
{
    char choice;


      cprintf("Cat Name: ");
      cin>>Cats[n].catname;


      cprintf("\nGendar(M/F): ");
      cin>>Cats[n].gender;


      cprintf("\nBreed Type: ");
      cin>>Cats[n].type;


      cprintf("\nCat Color: ");
      cin>>Cats[n].color;


      cprintf("\nAge: ");
      cin>>Cats[n].age;

      cprintf("\nGenuine Breed(Y/N): ");
      cin>>Cats[n].genuine;

      cprintf("SAVE CHANGES(Y/N): ");
      cin>>choice;

      if (toupper(choice) == 'Y')
            printf("SAVED");
      else
          printf("NOT SAVED");

      getch();
}

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First, you read this, and fix your problem. Then you read this, and give it a try.

Quzah.

Can you describe what isn't working, error messages, whatever?

do you have #include <iostream>, for an up to date compiler, or #include <iostream.h>, if your compiler doesn't use up to date standard headers, so you can use cin >>?

I would argue against mixining C and C++ type I/O in the same program, unless you have a good handle on both types of I/O routines.

In case you're interested: Using C++ structs you don't need the keyword struct in the following lines:

struct CatRec Cats[100];
void AddCat(struct CatRec Cats[],int &n)

which I find helpful (less typing for one thing and C++ structs are more flexible than C structs).

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C++ structs are more flexible than C structs

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Really, how so?

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struct foo
{
    int x;
};

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How is that any different in C++ than it is in C?

Quzah.

>Really, how so?

Code:

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struct node {
  int data;
  node *left, *right;

  node ( int init, node *llink, node *rlink )
    : data ( init ), left ( llink ), right ( rlink )
  {}
};

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'Tis more convenient than the equivalent C method (pun intended). Not to mention that C++ structures are exactly the same as classes with the exception of default access rights. But I doubt that is what elad was talking about. He probably meant the automagic typedef so that the struct keyword could be omitted. In that I agree that it's a superfluous feature.

in two posts made by prelude i noticed initializing an int by the means of of ( )

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data ( init )

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is that kinda like a constructor? does it set the value of it without using =?
:confused: sorry if its a newbish question, but i havent really seen it much.

>is that kinda like a constructor?
Kinda, yes. :)

>does it set the value of it without using =?
Yes, but only on initialization. These two are equivalent:

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int i = 0;
int j ( 0 );

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But these two are not:

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i = 10;
j ( 20 );

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