c++ array help

[aemazing]

i've been tryin to do the following -
-Add a new flight number to the end of the queue (got it done)
-LAnd the plane at the front of the queue - problems wit it-
-display the queue - got it done
-seach for a specific flight number in queue ( didn't get there yet)
-move a flight number one one position in the queue to another ( didn't
get there yet)

this is what i have so far. it runs but something is wrong and i don't
know what it is.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std ;

const int MAXQUEUE = 100 ; // maximum number of flights in the queue

void displayQueue (int[], int) ;
void getChoice ();
void addPlane (int[], int&) ;
int checkPlane (int[], int, int) ;

int main ()
{
int queue[MAXQUEUE] ; // array of incoming flight numbers
int qsize = 0 ; // number of flights in the queue
char choice; // user's choice of next operation

do
{ // start menu loop
displayQueue (queue, qsize) ;
getChoice();
switch (choice)
{ // start switch
case 'S' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'L' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'A' : addPlane (queue, qsize) ; break ;
case 'M' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'Q' : cout << "program ended" << endl ;
} // end switch
} while (choice != 'Q'); // end menu loop

return 1 ;
}

//============displayQueue=====================
// task - display the position and flight number of each flight in the
array
// pre - given an array of flight numbers and number of flights in the
array
// post - nothing

void displayQueue (int list[], int lsize)
{ // start function
int w ;
cout << endl << endl << endl ;
if (lsize == 0)
cout << "no flights awaiting landing at this time" << endl ;
else
{ // start listing
cout << "Queue size = " << lsize << endl << endl ;
cout << "Position Flight#" << endl ;
for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
cout << setw(5) << w + 1 << setw(12) << list[w] << endl ;
} // end listing
} // end function

//============getChoice========================
// task - obtain a choice code from the user
// pre - nothing
// post - a valid, uppercase code is returned

void getChoice()
{ // start function
char holdCode;
char pick;
if(pick == holdCode)
{
cout << endl << " to search for a flight number, enter S" ;
cout << endl << " to add a flight to the queue, enter A" ;
cout << endl << " to land the next flight, enter L" ;
cout << endl << " to move a flight in the queue, enter M" ;
cout << endl << " to quit the program, enter Q" ;
cout << endl << " enter your choice " ;
cin >> holdCode ;
}
else
{
cout << " not a valid choice "<<endl;
}
holdCode = toupper(holdCode) ; // convert to upper case
} // end function
//======================addPlane==================== =======
// task - add a new flight to the queue
// pre - given an array of flight numbers and number of flights in
array
// post - size of array is increased, new flight number added to end

void addPlane (int list[], int& lsize)
{ // start function
int newFlight ; // flight number to be added to queue
int w;
char pause ;
cout << endl << "Enter flight number to add : " ;
cin >> newFlight;

if (lsize == MAXQUEUE)
{ // start queue is full
cout << endl << "EMERGENCY! queue is full, cannot add flight" <<
newFlight ;
cout << endl << "press any key to continue" ;
cin.get(pause) ;
return ;
} // end queue is full
//list[lsize] = newFlight ; // add flight to end of list
lsize++ ; // increase list size

for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
if (newFlight == list[w])
return ;
} // end function
//=====================checkPlane=================== ==========
// task - search the list of flights for a given flight number
// pre - given an array of flight numbers, number in array, and target
flight
// post - return queue position if target is found in array, else
return -1

int checkPlane (int list[], int lsize, int target)
{ // start function
int w ;
for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
if (target == list[w])
return w + 1;
return -1 ;
} // end function


any help or pointers would be very appreciated. thanks-

Joyce

[John Harrison]

ae******@gmail.com wrote:

i've been tryin to do the following -
-Add a new flight number to the end of the queue (got it done)
-LAnd the plane at the front of the queue - problems wit it-
-display the queue - got it done
-seach for a specific flight number in queue ( didn't get there yet)
-move a flight number one one position in the queue to another ( didn't
get there yet)

this is what i have so far. it runs but something is wrong and i don't
know what it is.
The code is pretty good for what I presume is your first program. There
is quite a lot that could be improved but you'll learn about that as you
get more experienced.

Some miscellaneous comments follow.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std ;

const int MAXQUEUE = 100 ; // maximum number of flights in the queue

void displayQueue (int[], int) ;
void getChoice ();
getChoice should return the choice (a char) to the main program, so the
above should be

char getChoice ();
void addPlane (int[], int&) ;
int checkPlane (int[], int, int) ;

int main ()
{
int queue[MAXQUEUE] ; // array of incoming flight numbers
int qsize = 0 ; // number of flights in the queue
char choice; // user's choice of next operation

do
{ // start menu loop
displayQueue (queue, qsize) ;
getChoice();
You use the variable choice for the user choice but you never assign to
it. Should be

choice = getChoice();

I guess the concept of a function return value is not something you've
fully grasped yet.
switch (choice)
{ // start switch
case 'S' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'L' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'A' : addPlane (queue, qsize) ; break ;
case 'M' : cout << "under construction" << endl; break ;
case 'Q' : cout << "program ended" << endl ;
} // end switch
} while (choice != 'Q'); // end menu loop

return 1 ;
}

//============displayQueue=====================
// task - display the position and flight number of each flight in the
array
// pre - given an array of flight numbers and number of flights in the
array
// post - nothing

void displayQueue (int list[], int lsize)
{ // start function
int w ;
cout << endl << endl << endl ;
if (lsize == 0)
cout << "no flights awaiting landing at this time" << endl ;
else
{ // start listing
cout << "Queue size = " << lsize << endl << endl ;
cout << "Position Flight#" << endl ;
for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
cout << setw(5) << w + 1 << setw(12) << list[w] << endl ;
} // end listing
} // end function
The above looks fine

//============getChoice========================
// task - obtain a choice code from the user
// pre - nothing
// post - a valid, uppercase code is returned
The comment is right, pity it doesn't reflect the code. This is a
serious problem is programming, it's very easy to kid yourself that a
piece of code does what you thought you wrote, not what you actually wrote.

void getChoice()
char getChoice()
{ // start function
char holdCode;
char pick;
if(pick == holdCode)
{
cout << endl << " to search for a flight number, enter S" ;
cout << endl << " to add a flight to the queue, enter A" ;
cout << endl << " to land the next flight, enter L" ;
cout << endl << " to move a flight in the queue, enter M" ;
cout << endl << " to quit the program, enter Q" ;
cout << endl << " enter your choice " ;
cin >> holdCode ;
}
else
{
cout << " not a valid choice "<<endl;
}
holdCode = toupper(holdCode) ; // convert to upper case
} // end function
HUH??. I don't understand this pick and holdCode business at all. If you
look at pick in the above code is never gets assigned to at all. It is
an uninitialised variable and its value could be absolutely anything.

If you want to deal with bad choices you need a loop, get one input,
test if it is valid and loop round if it isn't, And dont forget the
function must return the choice made.

Some thing like this (this is pseudo code, you fill in the details)

char getChoice()
{
char code;
for (;;)
{
display choices to user
cin >> code;
if (valid code)
break;
cout << "not a valid choice\n";
}
return code; // don't forget this part!!
}


//======================addPlane==================== =======
// task - add a new flight to the queue
// pre - given an array of flight numbers and number of flights in
array
// post - size of array is increased, new flight number added to end

void addPlane (int list[], int& lsize)
{ // start function
int newFlight ; // flight number to be added to queue
int w;
char pause ;
cout << endl << "Enter flight number to add : " ;
cin >> newFlight;

if (lsize == MAXQUEUE)
{ // start queue is full
cout << endl << "EMERGENCY! queue is full, cannot add flight" <<
newFlight ;
cout << endl << "press any key to continue" ;
cin.get(pause) ;
return ;
} // end queue is full
//list[lsize] = newFlight ; // add flight to end of list
Why have you commented the above line out? It looks correct to me.
lsize++ ; // increase list size

for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
if (newFlight == list[w])
return ;
I don't understand what the above is doing (actually it is doing
nothing, but maybe it is work in progress).
} // end function
//=====================checkPlane=================== ==========
// task - search the list of flights for a given flight number
// pre - given an array of flight numbers, number in array, and target
flight
// post - return queue position if target is found in array, else
return -1

int checkPlane (int list[], int lsize, int target)
{ // start function
int w ;
for (w = 0; w < lsize; w++)
if (target == list[w])
return w + 1;
return -1 ;
} // end function

Above looks fine, except why return w + 1, why not w? w is the position
in the array of the plane, and -1 means not found, that works, no need
for w + 1.

any help or pointers would be very appreciated. thanks-

Joyce

As I said before code seems pretty good. You got to get familiar with
returning values from functions, and you seriously messed up the
getChoice fucntion but apart from that, very good.

john