Re: hopefully last C programming question
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:13:12 -0700
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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