Array of Structure

[Vanessa101]

Can you help me to get with this output?

Enter No. of candidates :3

Enter Name of candidate 1:obama
Enter Name of candidate 2:bush
Enter Name of candidate 3:clinton

Enter No. of Precinct(s) :3

            Precinct1     Precinct2     Precinct3     Total
1. Obama      100            203           504         807
2. Bush       600            900            10         1510
3. Clinton    567            123            90         780

Bush Won with 1510 votes

[mutexe]

reading in stuff:
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/basic_io/

Should get you started.
when reading in the candidates look at the 'cin and strings' section.

Generating your random numbers:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdlib/rand/

Will there always be 3 precincts?

[Vanessa101]

I have started can you help e with output?

[mutexe]

something like this maybe, but you need to sort out the tabbing in your output and add some error checking on the user input.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

class CandidateInfo
{
private:
	std::string m_strName;
	std::vector<int> m_votes;

public:
	std::string GetName(){return m_strName;}
	std::vector<int>& GetVotes(){return m_votes;}

	void SetName(std::string name)
	{
		m_strName = name;
	}

	void SetVotes(std::vector<int>& votes)
	{
		m_votes = votes;
	}
};

// do not keep gloabl. perhaps have CandidateInfoCollection class?
void Display(std::vector<CandidateInfo>& lst, int& maxVotes, std::string& maxPres)
{
	std::vector<CandidateInfo>::iterator it;

	int candNum(1);
	maxVotes = -1;
	maxPres.clear();

	for(it = lst.begin();it != lst.end();it++)
	{
		std::cout << candNum << ". " << it->GetName() << "\t";
		
		std::vector<int>& lstVotes = it->GetVotes();

		std::vector<int>::iterator voteIt;
		for(voteIt = lstVotes.begin();voteIt != lstVotes.end();voteIt++)
		{
			if (*voteIt > maxVotes)
			{
				maxVotes = *voteIt;
				maxPres = it->GetName();
			}

			std::cout << "\t\t" << *voteIt;
		}

		std::cout << "\n";

		candNum++;
	}

}

int main()
{
	std::cout << "Number candidates: ";
	int nCandidates;
	std::cin >> nCandidates;

	std::cout << "Number precincts: ";
	int nPrecincts;
	std::cin >> nPrecincts;

	std::vector<std::string> lstPresidents;	
	std::string strPres;

	for(int j = 0; j < nCandidates;++j)
	{
		std::cout << "President Name?";
		std::cin >> strPres;

		lstPresidents.push_back(strPres);	
	} 		


	std::vector<CandidateInfo> lstCandidateInfo;
	std::vector<std::string>::iterator iter;

	for(iter=lstPresidents.begin();iter!=lstPresidents.end();iter++)
	{
		CandidateInfo info;
		info.SetName(*iter);

		std::vector<int> lstVotes;
		for(int i=0; i<nPrecincts; ++i)
		{
			// I've just used a constant '3' here, but this is where you
			// should generate your random number of votes
			lstVotes.push_back(3);
		}

		info.SetVotes(lstVotes);

		// now add to the collection
		lstCandidateInfo.push_back(info);
	}


	std::string pres;
	int votes;
	Display(lstCandidateInfo, votes, pres);

	std::cout << pres << " won with " << votes << " votes.\n";

	return 0;
}

edit: added a horrible way to get max number of votes for the candidate, but you kinda get the idea.

[Vanessa101]

pls dont use vector. i cant understand it wasnt taught yet im sorry if im kinda dumb

[Vanessa101]

pls dont use vector. i cant understand it wasnt taught yet im sorry if im kinda dumb

[mutexe]

You're not dumb for not knowing stuff mate, especially if you haven't been taught it.
I havent got time to change it this evening sorry, but try and follow the logic and replace the vectors with arrays.

[Vanessa101]

Here is my new code. Im having a trouble with the total. It just compute the last row

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;

int numcand;
int numprct;
int row, col;
char candname [5][20];
int table[10][10];
int total[10];


int main ()
{

	system("COLOR 09");
	//******************************************************************
	//******************************************************************
	//*********************GETTING THOSE INPUTS NEEDED******************
	//******************************************************************
	//******************************************************************


	//Accepts Number of Candidates
	cout<<"\nEnter number of Candidates for the Election [1-10]: ";
	cin>>numcand;
	cin.ignore();

    //Test if no. of candidates is <10 && >1
	while ((numcand<1 && numcand!=0) || numcand>10)
	{
		system("cls");
		cout<<"\nPlease just enter form 1-10";
		cout<<"\nEnter number of Candidates for the Election [1-10]: ";
		cin>>numcand;
		system("cls");
	}

	if (numcand == 0)
	{
		cout<<"\nNo Voting Will Happen!"<<endl;
		return 0;
	}
	
	//Accepts the Name of the Candidates
	for (int ctr=1; ctr<=numcand; ctr++)
	{
		cout<<"\nEnter the Name of Candidate Number "<<ctr<<" : ";
		cin.getline(candname[ctr],20);
	}
	
	//Accepts Number of Precincts
	cout<<"\nPlease enter number of precincts : ";
	cin>>numprct;

	system("cls");

	//******************************************************************
	//******************************************************************
	//**********************PROCESS FOR OUTPUT**************************
	//******************************************************************
	//******************************************************************
	
	srand(time(NULL));

	//Display Precinct Nos
	cout<<"\t\t";
	for (ctr=1; ctr<=numprct; ctr ++)
	{
		cout<<"\tP"<<ctr<<"";
	}

	//Display Name of Candidates
	for (ctr=1; ctr<=numcand; ctr++)
	{
		cout<<"\n\n"<<candname[ctr];

		//Display Random Numbers
		cout<<"\t";
		for (row=0; row<1; row++)
		{
			for (col=0; col<numprct; col++)
				{
					table[row][col] = rand()%999;
					cout<<"\t"<<table[row][col];
				}
			cout<<"\n\n";
		}
	}

	for (row=0; row<numcand; row++)
	{
		total[row] = 0;
		for (col=0; col<numprct; col++)
		{
			total[row] += table[row][col];
		}
	}

	for(row=0; row<numcand; row++)
        {
            cout<< "\nTotal Votes for Candidacy of " <<(candname[row+1])<<" : " << total[row];
        }

	getch();
	return 0;	

}