Pointer Problems
Dec 1, 2013 at 8:09pm UTC
My test runs but I don't think I am using my pointers right but after days of trying to figure it out I need new eyes to see where I am going wrong. I have a random number generator that creates resistor values and then stores them in an array, but when I go to sort them the values are not the same as the first time.... Please help
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#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
using std:: cout;
using std:: cin;
using std::endl;
using namespace std;
enum pResistors {R_nominalValue,R_One,R_Two,R_Three};
class Resistor
{
public :
static int ResCount;
Resistor(void );//constructor
Resistor(double );
void setNominalResistance(double );
double getNominalResistance();
void SortObj(Resistor **);
void displayMenu(void );
char getMenuSelection(void );
~Resistor(void );//destructor
double pResistor[4];
private :
double nominalResistance;
};
Resistor::Resistor(void ) //constructor
{
}
Resistor::Resistor(double nomRes)
{
pResistor[4];
nominalResistance = nomRes;
ResCount = ResCount + 1;
if (rand()%10000+1000 < 1000 || rand()%10000+1000 > 10000)
{
ResCount = ResCount - 1;
}
}
int Resistor::ResCount = 0;
void Resistor::setNominalResistance(double nomRes)
{
nominalResistance = nomRes;
}
double Resistor::getNominalResistance()
{
return nominalResistance;
}
Resistor::~Resistor(void ) //destructor
{
}
void displayMenu()
{
cout << " Enter C to create a resistor " << endl;
cout<< endl;
cout << " Enter S to sort results " << endl;
cout << endl;
cout << " Enter Q To quit " << endl;
cout << endl;
}
char getMenuSelection() //Gets the menu selection
{
cout << "Enter your choice and press enter:" ;
char Choice;
cin >> Choice;
switch (Choice)
{
case 'c' :
case 'C' :
return Choice;
break ;
case 's' :
case 'S' :
return Choice;
break ;
case 'q' :
case 'Q' :
exit(0);
break ;
default : //if menu selection is not valid let the user know
cout << "\nInvalid selection: try again" << endl;
displayMenu();
getMenuSelection();
break ;
}
}
void SortObj(Resistor **R)
{
int i, j, mark = 1; // set marker to 1 for the first pass
Resistor *temp; //pointer to help swap pointers
for (i = 1; (i <= 4) && mark; i++)
{
mark = 0;
for (j=0; j < (3); j++)
{
if (R[j + 1] -> getNominalResistance() < R[j] -> getNominalResistance())
{
temp = R[j];
R[j] = R[j + 1];
R[j + 1] = temp;
mark = 1;
}
}
}
delete temp;
}
void main()
{
Resistor *pResistor[4];
srand(time(0));
int i = 0;
char Choice;
do
{
displayMenu(); //displays the intitial menu
Choice = getMenuSelection(); //gets the menu selection
if (Choice == 'c' || Choice == 'C' )
{
if (Resistor::ResCount == 4)
{
cout << "you entered the maximum number of 4 resistors." << endl;
}
do
{
cout << "Your random resistance must be between 1000 and 10000" << endl;
if (Resistor::ResCount < 4)
{
cout <<"Resitor" << i + 1 << " Random Resistance is:" <<endl;
cout<< rand()%10000+1000;
cout<<endl;
pResistor[i] = new Resistor(rand()%10000+1000);
}
}
while (rand()%10000+1000 < 1000 || rand()%10000+1000 > 10000);
i++;
}
else if (Choice == 's' || Choice == 'S' )
{
if (Resistor::ResCount < 4)
{
cout << "You have not used the maximum of 4 resistors" << endl;
}
else
SortObj(&pResistor[0]);
for (int j = 0; j < Resistor::ResCount; j++)
{
cout << j + 1 << "\n" ;
cout << "Nominal Resistance:" << pResistor[j] -> getNominalResistance() << "\n" ;
}
}
}
while (Choice != 'q' || Choice != 'Q' ); //loop until quit
delete [] pResistor;
}
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