Menus for a shoes program

[amal123]

Hey ppl....in currently studing c programming and finding it hard, i 've been asked to create a program for a shoe shop and i dont even know where to start.

fisrt i thought i could do the main menu but i have no clue how to go about it

i want my menu to be like this

add shoes
edit shoes
display shoes
search shoe
and exit program

i would like my program to display those 5 functions

and then i would like to get those function working, like i would like to be able to add shoes to the program and so on

the type of data i would like to add is

name
stlye
department
colour
size
price

please can u help me to do this, i would be very greatfull and it would help me to understanding.

[sicarie]

Hey ppl....in currently studing c programming and finding it hard, i 've been asked to create a program for a shoe shop and i dont even know where to start.

fisrt i thought i could do the main menu but i have no clue how to go about it

i want my menu to be like this

add shoes
edit shoes
display shoes
search shoe
and exit program

i would like my program to display those 5 functions

and then i would like to get those function working, like i would like to be able to add shoes to the program and so on

the type of data i would like to add is

name
stlye
department
colour
size
price

please can u help me to do this, i would be very greatfull and it would help me to understanding.

I would recommend on getting core functionality working first. You need to develop an algorithm - a list of simple steps that you could do with or without a computer to solve your problem.

Such as:

Display menu
get menu choice
if (menu choice == 1)
then....
if (menu choice == 2)
then....

and so on.

[willakawill]

I can promise you this. There is no shame or loss of marks in going to your teacher and asking the same question. That is what a very smart programmer would do. Your task is not to fool your teacher into thinking you are an expert programmer. You gain nothing from that. Zero.

[RedSon]

Instead of jumping right into writing the code as suggested above, why dont you spend some time designing what your program is going to look like. Which modules are going to have what responsibilities? Can you picture what a real life version of your program would look like. Try creating a program that models the real phenomenon you are trying to simulate.

[vpascuzzi]

I would recommend on getting core functionality working first. You need to develop an algorithm - a list of simple steps that you could do with or without a computer to solve your problem.

That's the best bet. Psuedocode (an english translation of computer language) is the first step to programming any program.

Write it out on paper first. Jumping into the problem just by sitting down and expecting the answers to come to you at your desk is foolish and most of the time non-progressive.

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Shoe Store
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What will the program do? You already know.

What options are offered to the customer? You know that too.

Then construct certain conditions to be met, and break it down into parts.
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You should not need any more knowledge than the use of for...loops, cin, cout, if/else. Just brainstorm, then attack.

Other than that, good luck!

[RedSon]

I like that..."Brainstorm, then attack!!" I'm going to use that line now!

[amal123]

Yeah i alrealy know what moduals i will need and how my program would look like but really need a little help with doing it
The modules which i will have are

Add
Edit
Search
Delete
Print
I would like to add, edit , search ect the shoe which are being inputted.

[willakawill]

Talk to your professor. It is vital that you do so.

[Mack]

Its easy buddy.

design switch case statement make do while loop until option enter is none of above exit loop.
now getting back to do while loop once u get in 1..add
2..delete
3..edit

take 6as exit
return(0);
now if u get in 1 design with case statement and write appropriate function for each.

its not that diificult.

Good luck.

Regards,
Mack.

[latitude]

Sounds like you need to be studying alot harder rather than searching for easy solutions on the net ....

[amal123]

Thansks for you reply, i'm working on the program i and done quite a bit, but got stuck on validating the price in C.
How would i validate a price, so the user can inputs the amount it like £25.00 for example.

[sicarie]

Thansks for you reply, i'm working on the program i and done quite a bit, but got stuck on validating the price in C.
How would i validate a price, so the user can inputs the amount it like £25.00 for example.

Use the conditional operators in a while statement (to keep the user from putting in a bad value and moving on with the program, crashing it somewhere down the line), and a sentinel boolean is_done as the while condition.