Re: hopefully last C programming question
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:21:32 -0700
The code u sent did not prompt 4 names.
On 11/5/07, John Miller <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's completely changed again too now, it's setup now to prompt for names
> now instead of them being there. Anyway, we're going for pointers this time.
> I'll have to take a look at that. Thanks, at least I know where to look now.
> If the info about pointers helps, and you can offer more help great, if not,
> I'll play around with it, my main concern right now is the final anyway but
> I'm just so close with this homework that I'd like to get it right.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: hopefully last C programming question
>
>
> > The problem is your initialization at the beginning of main. I can't
> > fix it cuz I'm completely lost as to what you're doing w/that, but it
> > has to do w/your struct initialization--it's incorrect.
> >
> > On 11/5/07, John Miller <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Well, as I work on my last homework assignment, with what I think is huge
> >> progress, I find myself with yet another question though I think this is
> >> something simple like last week's. I'll do like last week, I'll post the
> >> code in here and comment where the error points to, if some one can tell
> >> me
> >> what's up there, or if I'm just getting lucky in only having 2 errors or
> >> what. It looks like I only have 2 errors though, and I think this is 1
> >> where
> >> if I fix one I fix both but I am stuck because when I do what it suggests
> >> I
> >> do, I come up with 27 errors so apparently either that's wrong, or I am
> >> wrong and happened to stumble in to a way with very few errors. It's in
> >> the
> >> error checking portion of the program so I probably could just cut that
> >> out
> >> since I have no clue when that came about anyway, but I'm so close I hate
> >> to
> >> do that. Anyway, the code follows and then the errors.
> >>
> >> (start code)
> >> #include <stdio.h>
> >>
> >> #define DATA_SETS 5
> >>
> >> #define STD_HOURS 40.0
> >>
> >> #define OT_RATE 1.5
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /****************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Structure Declarations */
> >>
> >> /****************************************/
> >>
> >> struct employee /* Structure to store associate data */
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> char name[20]; /*employee names*/
> >>
> >> long id_number; /* Member: Stores Clock ID Number */
> >>
> >> float wage; /* Member: Stores hourly wage */
> >>
> >> float hours; /* Member: Stores number of hours worked */
> >>
> >> float overtime; /* Member: Stores number of overtime hours worked */
> >>
> >> float gross; /* Member: Stores gross pay */
> >>
> >> struct employee *next;
> >>
> >> };
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Function: input_hours_worked */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Purpose: Obtains input from user, the number of hours worked for */
> >>
> >> /* each employee based on clock number. The number of */
> >>
> >> /* hours worked are passed back to 'main', where they are */
> >>
> >> /* assigned to the array hours_worked. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Parameters: n - Data set #. */
> >>
> >> /* clock - Employee's clock number */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Returns: hours: The number of hours worked. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> float input_hours_worked ( int n, int clock )
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> /* Local Declarations */
> >>
> >> float hours; /* Number of hours worked by employee */
> >>
> >> float hours_in_a_week = 168.0; /* Max hours in a work week */
> >>
> >> printf ( "\n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Data Set #%i\n", n + 1 );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Clock Number: %06i\n", clock );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Enter Hours Worked: " );
> >>
> >> scanf_s ( "%f", &hours ); /* Read in the number of hours worked */
> >>
> >> /* Test for user error */
> >>
> >> if( ( hours >= 0.0 ) && ( hours < hours_in_a_week ) )
> >>
> >> return hours; /* Return the number of hours worked */
> >>
> >> else
> >>
> >> return ( -1.0 ); /* Return Error */
> >>
> >> } /* End of input_hours_worked function */
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Function: calculate_overtime_hours */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Purpose: Calculate the amount of overtime worked based on a 40 */
> >>
> >> /* hour work week. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Parameters: hours - Number of hours worked */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Returns: A value equal to the number of overtime hours worked. */
> >>
> >> /* If no overtime was worked, then 0.0 is returned. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> float calculate_overtime_hours ( float hours )
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> /* Calculate Overtime Hours */
> >>
> >> if( hours > STD_HOURS )
> >>
> >> return ( hours - STD_HOURS ); /* Return the amount of overtime worked */
> >>
> >> else
> >>
> >> return ( 0.0 ); /* Return that no overtime was worked */
> >>
> >> } /* End calculate_overtime function */
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Function: calculate_gross_pay */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Purpose: Calculate the total gross pay based on the amount of */
> >>
> >> /* time that was worked. This includes overtime pay, if */
> >>
> >> /* applicable. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Parameters: ot - Overtime hours worked */
> >>
> >> /* hours - Regular hours worked */
> >>
> >> /* wage_per_hour - Hourly wage for employee */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Returns: Returns a value that is equal to the gross pay due to */
> >>
> >> /* the employee. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> float calculate_gross_pay ( float ot, float hours, float wage_per_hour )
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> if( ot > 0 )
> >>
> >> return ( wage_per_hour * ( STD_HOURS + ( ot * OT_RATE ) ) );
> >>
> >> else
> >>
> >> return ( wage_per_hour * hours );
> >>
> >> } /* End calculate_gross_pay function */
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Function: display_wage_data */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Purpose: To display all employee information to the screen. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Parameters: worker - Array of structures with all employee info */
> >>
> >> /* size - number of array elements to process */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Returns: Nothing. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> void print_list(emp1)
> >>
> >> struct employee *emp1;
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> struct employee *tmp; /* tmp pointer value to current node */
> >>
> >> int i = 0; /* counts the nodes printed */
> >>
> >> /* Start a beginning of list and print out each value */
> >>
> >> /* loop until tmp points to null (remember null is 0 or false) */
> >>
> >> void display_wage_data ( struct employee worker[], int size );
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> /* Local Declarations */
> >>
> >> int n; /* loop and array index */
> >>
> >> /* Print out header */
> >>
> >> printf ( "\n\n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "---------------------------------------------------\n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Clock#\t Wage Hours\t OT\t Gross \n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "---------------------------------------------------\n" );
> >>
> >> /* Print data for each employee */
> >>
> >> for( tmp=emp1; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> printf ( "%06i\t%5.2f\t%4.1f\t%4.1f\t%6.2f\n",
> >>
> >> tmp->id_number,
> >>
> >> tmp->wage,
> >>
> >> tmp->hours,
> >>
> >> tmp->overtime,
> >>
> >> tmp->gross );
> >>
> >> } /* End for loop */
> >>
> >> } /* End display_wage_data function */
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> /* Function: error_check */
> >>
> >> /* Purpose: To report any error to the user. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Parameters: hours - Hours entered by user */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >> /* Returns: Nothing. */
> >>
> >> /* */
> >>
> >>
> /************************************************************************/
> >>
> >> void error_check (float hours)
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> /* see if error condition on hours exists */
> >>
> >> if( hours == -1.0 )
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> printf ( "An invalid entry has been made.\n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Please start over.\n" );
> >>
> >> exit (1);
> >>
> >> } /* End of if statement */
> >>
> >> } /* End error_check function */
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /*****************/
> >>
> >> /* MAIN */
> >>
> >> /*****************/
> >>
> >> main()
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> char answer[80];
> >>
> >> int more_data = 1;
> >>
> >> char value;
> >>
> >> /* Local Declarations */
> >>
> >> struct employee *current_ptr, associated_data_sets = /* Array of
> >> structures
> >> storing */
> >>
> >> /* all associate data */
> >>
> >> *head_ptr; /* always points to first node */
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> "Connie Cobol", 98401, 10.60, 0, 0, 0
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> ,
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> "Mary Apl", 526488, 9.75, 0, 0, 0
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> ,
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> "Frank Fortran", 765349, 10.50, 0, 0, 0
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> ,
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> "Jeff Ada", 34645, 12.25, 0, 0, 0
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> ,
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> "Anton Pascal", 127615, 8.35, 0, 0, 0
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> };
> >>
> >> int n; /* Loop Counter */
> >>
> >> /* Introduce User to program */
> >>
> >> printf ( "WAGE CALCULATOR\n" );
> >>
> >> printf ( "Please input the number of Hours Worked for each Employee(ie.
> >> Clock Number)\n" );
> >>
> >> /* Loop for inputting and processing wage data */
> >>
> >> for( n=0; n < DATA_SETS; ++n )
> >>
> >> {
> >>
> >> associate[n].hours = input_hours_worked ( n, associate[n].id_number );
> >>
> >> error_check ( associate[n].hours );
> >>
> >> associate[n].overtime = calculate_overtime_hours ( associate[n].hours );
> >>
> >> associate[n].gross = calculate_gross_pay ( associate[n].overtime,
> >>
> >> associate[n].hours,
> >>
> >> associate[n].wage );
> >>
> >> } /* End of for loop */
> >>
> >> /* Print out information on employees */
> >>
> >> display_wage_data ( associate, DATA_SETS );
> >>
> >> } /* End of Main */
> >>
> >> (end code)
> >>
> >> Error 3 error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
> >> c:\documents
> >> and settings\john miller\my documents\visual studio
> >> 2005\projects\homework8\homework8.c 180
> >> Error 5 error C2059: syntax error : '}' c:\documents and settings\john
> >> miller\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\homework8\homework8.c 189
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Those are errors 3 and 5, the other 3 were warnings that I've had 1 or 2
> >> pretty much right along and it hasn't hurt anything.
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Jackie McBride
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