A challenging bit of code for you

What is your basic outline for the program right now? we need at least something to work off.What problems? reading in files? displaying information?

So we have advanced to using functions/boolean/strings. We have not started reading in files so the code itself has to do everything and you will enter data right into the program itself. Its a single input at a time. And after you type everything in the order (specified above) it should print out a little chart that shows how many sections are there. The students in each section. their grades and if they passed or failed. And the key is put straight into program as well as the students names and answers. Its not intended to be permanent by any means.
Thank you so much Need4Sleep.
I know this is ALOT of stuff and i am asking for free help and all, but it measn alot that you at least gave it a look

Is this due tonight? im getting some sleep now, but i can be on around 12 in the afternoon tomorrow to help you with this exercise if someone else doesnt come around to help you out. try taking this code in steps, think of what exactly you want to do. A good idea if you're really stuck is write the code down on a piece of paper using statements such as:


MAIN FUNCTION
   I want to declare all the varibles i need
   (list varibles)
   
   Read in a value
   use this value in a function to determine.. etc... etc..

this method surprisingly helps, sometimes just sleeping it off can help the most though. Just start with the simple parts of the program and try and progress slowly, the biggest thing right now if you're having trouble is commenting alot using "//". Try to explain what you just coded and what its uses are, if it doesnt make sense to even you, chances are it is not right.

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I really appreciate the time your giving me. It isn't due until Friday i believe but i would like to get most of it done before Wednesday night. I am going to sleep now but i will start writing the program out in the way you described, and i can post that process tomorrow if you would like. Thanks again, my teacher does not speak English very well so it is kinda hard to get extra help outside of class. Once i found this forum i knew someone would have the knowledge to help me, and i was right. Thanks again and i look forward to your post tomorrow as well.

Any code to post at the moment?

I will post within the hour. I have two tests tomorrow (in coding classes of all things) that i was studying for earlier so i am just now getting to this. I will have it up very soon

This actually doesn't sound too bad if you follow the instructions.

You need to look in a file.
Read a bunch of data.
And follow the restrictions.
Then output everything nicely.

Which part are you having trouble with?

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Int numQuestions//number of questions on exam
Char ansKey//correct answers on exam(has to equal same amount of inputs as numQuestions)
// ansKey can be values: 1,2,3,4,5,A,B,C,D,F,T
Int numSections// number of sections
I will need a Struct Section
string StudentName
Char studentAns//student answers
String “FAIL”
String “PASS”

FUNCTIONS NEEDED:
void ReadAnswers(char answers[], int numQuestions);
// The function reads in numQuestions answers into array answers.
// Parameters: (out, in)

void ProcessAnswer(const char keys[], const char answers[], int numQuestion, int& correct, bool& pass);
// The function compares a student's answers against the answer
// keys and passes back the number of correct answers and
// whether the student passed the exam.
// Parameters: (in, in, in, out, out)
use function toupper(x) to convert a character to upper case. Just so you can enter lower case letters or uppercase into grades and I won’t need to type out a long function that makes them uppercase.

This is the part i struggle with the most when it comes to creating a program. So if you see anything that i need more (and i know there is i just can't wrap my head around it) please let me know. thanks again

You must NOT use structs or 2D array.

So why do you need a Struct Section?

toupper(x)

is just a C++ global function that turns a lowercase letter (char type) into its uppercase counterpart.

Oh i defined that in there and forgot about it. Wow thanks for the catch. so then i will just use a function that reads it all. thank you for the catch

No problem.

Please put your code into code tags, helps us read easier

Alright. i have spent all day on this and i want you all to look it over and tell me what it needs. or what you don't like/like about it

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <string>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

const int MAXQ = 30;

void  StoreData(int correct, string name, bool pass, int counter, string names[], int scores[], int studpassed[]);
void  ReadAnswers(char answers[], int numQuestions);
void  ProcessAnswers( const char key[], const char answers[], int &correct, bool &pass, const int NumQuest);
void  ProcessOneSect( int& NumStu, const int NumQuest, const char key[], int Num_sect, int count, string names[], int scores[], int studpassed[], int &passed);
void  UpdateTotal(int NumStu,int passed,int &totalStu, int &totalPassed);
void  DisplayResult(int Num_stu, string names[], int scores[], int studpassed[]);
void  header ();

void main ()
{
   int Num_quest = 0, Num_sect = 0, kids = 0, passed = 0, counter = 0;
   int totalPassed = 0, totalStu=0;
   char answers [MAXQ], key [MAXQ];
   string names[60];
   int scores[60];
   int studpassed[60];
   
   cout << "enter number of questions: "; 
   cin >> Num_quest;
   if (Num_quest > 30)
      {
         cout << "number entered is greater than maximum supported";
      }
   
   cout << endl << "enter answer key: ";
   ReadAnswers(key, Num_quest);
   
   cout << endl << "enter number of sections: ";
   cin >> Num_sect;
   
   for (int i = 1; i <= Num_sect; i++)
   {  
      ProcessOneSect(kids,Num_quest,key, Num_sect, counter, names, scores, studpassed, passed);
      UpdateTotal(kids, passed,totalStu, totalPassed,);
      counter ++;
      DisplayResult(kids, names, scores, studpassed);
      cout<<endl<<passed<<"out of "<<kids<<" students of section "<<i<<" passed the exam"<<endl;
      passed = 0;
   }
    cout << "there are " << Num_sect <<" sections, and "<< totalPassed << " out of ";
    cout << totalStu << " passed the exam.";
   }

void ReadAnswers(char answers[], int numQuestions)
{
      for (int i = 0; i < numQuestions; i++)
      cin >> answers [i];      
}

void ProcessOneSect ( int& NumStu, const int NumQuest, const char key[], int Num_sect, int count, string names[],int scores[], int studpassed[], int &passed)
{
   char answers [MAXQ];
   string name;
   int correct = 0, counter = 0;
   bool pass = true;
   
   
   
   cout << endl << "enter the number of students in the section: ";
   cin >> NumStu;
   for ( int i = 0; i < NumStu; i++)
   {
      ReadAnswers(answers, NumQuest);
         cin >> name;
      ProcessAnswers(key, answers, correct, pass, NumQuest);
      StoreData(correct, name, pass, counter, names, scores, studpassed);
      counter ++;
      if (pass==true)
         passed++;
   }
   header();
}

void ProcessAnswers( const char key[], const char answers[], int &correct, bool &pass, const int NumQuest)
{
   correct = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < NumQuest; i++)
   {
      if ( toupper(key[i])== toupper(answers[i]))
         correct++;
   }
   if ((correct/float(NumQuest)) <= .60)
      pass = false;
}

void UpdateTotal (int NumStu,int passed,int &totalStu, int &totalPassed)
{
   totalStu += NumStu;
   totalPassed += passed;
   
}

void DisplayResult(int Num_stu, string names[], int scores[], int studpassed[])  
{
 for(int i=0; i<Num_stu; i++)
 {
   cout<<endl;
   cout<<names[i]<<"          "<<scores[i]<<"          ";
   if (studpassed[i] == 1)
         cout<<"PASSED";
   else
         cout<<"FAILED";
  }
}

void header()
{
  cout << "Name" <<"          " << "Correct Answers" <<"          "<< "Pass/Fail";
  cout << endl << endl;
  cout << "----------------------------------------------------------------------";
}

void StoreData(int correct, string name, bool pass, int counter, string names[], int scores[], int studpassed[])
{

   names[counter] = name;
   scores[counter]=correct;
   if (pass==true)
      studpassed[counter]=1;
   else
      studpassed[counter]=0;
}

First off. "void main ( )"... where is my shotgun.
int main ( ) only unless you want to be flamed for it.

Second: UpdateTotal ( kids, passed, totalStu, totalPassed, );
~~Missing the last parameter.~~ *Extra comma?

See: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/19979/
For void main vs int main.

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Need to check for user errors. If user types to many answer keys, it throws off the program.

Other than that.. Not sure what you wanted your program to do anymore..

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah it is an extra comma i forgot about. Sorry for the answers my teacher gave us the restraint of only using "1,2,3,4,5,a,b,c,d,t,f" forgot to mention that. But essentially it has couts for everything up until you type in student answers and student name 12345abcGreg is how he wanted us to enter the data (he puts really bizarre structures to his programs) and since its Characters you don't put spaces in between them. So the input should look like:

10
t2ft5Ttfft
2
4
T2Ft4ttftTHockney
t1fF5ffttfHill
f3ft5fTTftLongwood
t4Tf5TFTFTSharp
5
T2Ft5ttffTHockney
t2ft4ttfFtHill
f2ft4tTTftLongwood
t2Tf5FFTFTSharp
t2fT5FFTtTQuick

Ok I see. Well. It would be BEST if you put couts for everything. Also. There were a few logical errors, though I'm not really sure what caused them. After type 5, I typed one student's info and the program thought I was finished.

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THockney          8          PASSED
Hill          3          FAILED
Longwood          6          FAILED
THockney          2          FAILED
1out of 4 students of section 1 passed the exam

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