C++ Programming assignement due tomorrow! Stuck!

kev_like

Yo guys, as the thread title says i've a 30% programming assignment due tomorrow and i'm stuck like i dunno what!

basically the assignment is -

Students are out picking fruit and get a price per fruit that's picked,
lemons €0.05,
oranges €0.04,
grapefruits €0.03,
limes €0.03.

We've to design a C++ program to read personal details of each students (minimum 5 people) (name, college and date of birth are the personal details) and the amount of each picked by the students.

The program should run until the operator desides for it to stop and it should do an on screen summary report containing the totals picked of each, total wage, and most the picked fruit. Also a bonus is paid to the student which picks the most fruit..

I've devised an algorithm for this, was wondering what you guys think/help with this would be greatly appreciated.


Algorithm -

total_lemons=0
total_oranges=0
total_grapefruits=0
total_limes=0
total_wages=0
most_picked=0
payslip=0
While loop is running
{
Payslip=payslip+1
Input name, college, dob
Input lemons,oranges,grapefruits,limes
fruits_student=lemons+oranges+grapefruits+limes
if fruits_student>bonus bonus_student=name
bonus_college=college
bonus_dob=dob
total_lemons=lemons+total_lemons
total_oranges=oranges+total_oranges
total_grapefruits=grapefruits+total_grapefruits
total_limes=limes+total_limes

amont_lemons==lemons*0.05
amount_oranges= oranges*0.04
amount_grapefruits= grapefruits*0.03
amount_limes= limes*0.03
wages_student=amount_oranges+amount_lemons+amount_grapefruits+amount_limes
total_wages=wages_student+total_wages


Display

Payslip, Name, college,dob, lemons, oranges, grapefruits, limes,
Lemons*0.05, oranges*0.04,grapefruits*0.03,limes*0.03, Wages_student
Finish Loop
}

If total_lemons>most_picked most_picked=total_lemons
If total_oranges>most_picked most_picked=total_oranges
If total_grapefruits>most_picked most_picked=total_grapefruits
If total_limes>most_picked most_picked=total_limes

Display
Bonus_student, bonus_college,bonus_dob,total_lemons,total_oranges,total_grapefruits,
Total_limes,total_wages,most_picked




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That's what I have so far, haven't wrote any of the actual code yet, waiting to see if this algorithm is accurate or not.

Thanks, kev.

OVERTONE69

The design could use some work. I mean it was pretty difficult to understand. the algortihm seems fine to me in how your calculating the amount of fruit. but the student who pikcs it doesnt seem to be taken into account. why not have

an array of class students,

each student has a number of fruits.

While boolean pick another fruit == true.

pick a number in the array ( a student)

pick a fruit, then loop back to ask the user do they want another fruit.

komodosp

if fruits_student>bonus bonus_student=name
bonus_college=college
bonus_dob=dob

I presume all of these are within the IF statement?

i.e.
if fruits_student > bonus {
bonus_student = name
bonus_college = college
bonus_dob = dob
bonus = fruits_student
}

(You left out that last line in bold - without it, the last student entered is always going to get the bonus!)
This doesn't cover you if two students are joint winners of the bonus, BTW