Please help me with arrays C++

OK guys i am writing a C++ program that involves a set of data such as:
rIcK AbdDfabcBADabf
jAMEs fdaBCADfBfacC

now the first part of the line is a name and the second part are grades that i need to calculate at the end. the name i wil have to convert to regular such a rIcK to Rick. but m biggest issues is reading the data. becaue i know the name will have to be a string and the AbC.... will be an int array. so how do make a program that will recogninzed the input as the first part to be a string and the second to be an int. Please hep me

No, "AbdDfabcBADabf" is not an int array but also a string. Read it in as a string, then convert it into an int array.

could you some me a example of the algorithm required because i am a beginner still.

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Originally Posted by theeurostick

could you some me a example of the algorithm required because i am a beginner still.

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• Create an array the size of the string
• for each character in the string
  
  • Convert the character to lowercase
  • Subtract 'a' from the character and convert to an int
  • Store the int at the place in the array corresponding to the location of the character in the string

i don't see have making them all lower case and then subtracting it will help. this is what the assignment asks for :

A 20 question multiple choice test was given to a group of students. The possible responses are a, b, c, or d.

A file has been created that contains the following:

* 1st line: The answer key consists of 20 lower case letters that represent the correct answers to the exam. There will be no blank spaces between the letters. Example: abcdabcdabcdabcdabcd
* 2nd-last line: Each line will start with the name of a student. The name may be in a mixture of upper and lower case letters. The name will be followed by 1 blank space and then that student's responses to the test questions will be provided. There will not be any blank spaces between the responses, but they may be in a mixture of upper and lower case letters. An upper case letter should be considered correct if it matches the lower case equivalent in the key. Example: biLL aBcdAbCDabDcabDDABCD

Design a C++ program that will

* interactively prompt for and read the name of the input file
* interactively prompt for and read the name of a file to write the output of the program to
* write the following to the specified output file
o your name, section #, assignment #
o a report that displays the names of the students along with their test scores (see formatting specifications below)
o the number of students who took the test with a label (maximum class size is 50)
o the class average displayed with 3 digits to the right of the decimal and a label
o the standard deviation of the test scores with 3 digits to the right of the decimal and a label
o display the highest score and list the names of the students who received it

Grading a Test
Each of the questions on the test is worth 5 points. The test score is the # of correct responses multiplied by the point value of a question.

Computation of Average and Standard Deviation
If n = # of values, and datai = the ith value,

Formatting Requirements for Output

* Arrange information in the grade report into 2 columns with headings. The first columns should be labeled "NAME" and the second column "SCORE".
* Reformat names so that the first letter is capitalized and the remaining letters are lower case.
* Left justify the names (maximum length is 15 characters). Right justify the scores and display with no decimals (maximum score is 100)
* Leave a blank line before and after the statistics (student count, average and standard deviation).
* When displaying the list of students with the high score, each name should be on a separate line.

Input File Assumptions/Definitions

* maximum number of students will be 50
* the name and responses for each student will be on a separate line of the file
* each line of the file will be terminated by a linefeed
* the input file will exist and not be empty.

Sample terminal session and output
[lee@bobby]$ more students
abcdabcdabcdabcdabcd
jOnEs ABCDabcdABCDabcdABCD
sMITH dcbaABCDabcdABCdabCa
ADams AAAAAAAAAAAAbBBBBBBB
mARTINSon ABCDABCDABCDABCDABdb
schWarTz aabbcccdabcdabcdabcd
blaCk ABCDABCDABCDABCDAbcd
[lee@bobby]$ g++ eleven.cpp
[lee@bobby]$ ./a.out
Enter name of input file
students
Enter name of output file
gradesummary
[lee@bobby]$ more gradesummary
Lee Misch Assign #11 Sec #_

NAME SCORE
Jones 100
Smith 75
Adams 25
Martinson 90
Schwartz 75
Black 100

# students: 6
Average: 77.500
Standard deviation: 25.617

High score of 100 earned by
Jones
Black

Other Requirements - Failure to adhere to the following requirements will result in major point deductions.

* The design of the program must use functions to modularize the code. Try to develop a function for each task to be performed.
* No global variables may be used in the program.
* Use parameters to pass values between functions.
* The program may only read the content of the file once.

Required documentation (30 pts)

* name, section #, assignment # in subject line of email (2 pts)
* state your name, section #, and assignment # in a comment (1 pt)
* provide a description of what the program will do (clearly state that input will be read from a file, what the content of the file is expected to be, and what output will be generated) (12 pts)
* provide brief descriptions of the major variables and constants used in the program (5 pts)
* for each function, provide a brief description that includes what it does and what is passed in/out and document major local variables (10 pts)

After modifying your program file in any way, always recompile and run your program.

______My biggest problem is splitting the array everything else i could possibly easily do

#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

#include <cctype>

#include <fstream>

#include <string>

#include <cmath>

using namspace std;

int main ()
{
if stream infile;

string file;

cout << "Please enter name of input file" << endl;

cin >> file ;

infile.open(file.c_str());




return 0;
}


this is what i have so far for this can anyone tell me if this is a wrong way or /and possible tell the what i could do next

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Originally Posted by theeurostick

#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

#include <cctype>

#include <fstream>

#include <string>

#include <cmath>

using namspace std;

int main ()
{
if stream infile;

string file;

cout << "Please enter name of input file" << endl;

cin >> file ;

infile.open(file.c_str());




return 0;
}


this is what i have so far for this can anyone tell me if this is a wrong way or /and possible tell the what i could do next

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Please use code tags when posting code. Once you use code tags, the code will look like this:

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#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cctype>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>

using namspace std;

int main ()
{
    ifstream infile;
    string file;
    cout << "Please enter name of input file" << endl;
    cin >> file ;
    infile.open(file.c_str());
    return 0;
}

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Second, please don't post your entire assignment. No one is going to read through that whole thing and post a step-by-step solution.

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* interactively prompt for and read the name of the input file
* interactively prompt for and read the name of a file to write the output of the program to
* write the following to the specified output file

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So why not finish up these steps? You have a compiler, so why not do these steps and test your program?

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

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Originally Posted by theeurostick

i don't see have making them all lower case and then subtracting it will help.

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As treuss mentioned, "AbdDfabcBADabf" is not an array of int. So given this string, what is this supposed to be translated to? Don't describe what it should be, actually tell us what that string should be translated to.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

the AbdDfabcBADabf i supposed to be used as a set of possible choices of a multiple choice test. the first thing that the file has is the key to the answers then the file contains a persons name and his answer to the test and so on tot he next person. each correct answer is worth 5 pionts wrong anwser no pionts

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Originally Posted by theeurostick

the AbdDfabcBADabf i supposed to be used as a set of possible choices of a multiple choice test. the first thing that the file has is the key to the answers then the file contains a persons name and his answer to the test and so on tot he next person. each correct answer is worth 5 pionts wrong anwser no pionts

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You don't need any input to finish most of this assignment. All you need to do is write functions that test characters and return an integer score.

Start here:

Code:

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int GetStudentScore(const std::string& student_answers, // student's answers
                                const std::string& answer_key // answer_key
)
{
    int student_score = 0;
    // write code that goes through the strings and return the student's score

  //...
  return student_score;
}

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  std::string answers;
  std::string student_test;
  cout << "Enter answer key: ";
  cin >> answers;
  cout << "Enter student answers: ";
  cin >> student_test;

  cout << "The student's score is " << GetStudentScore(student_test, answers);
}

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Then you test this program. Once you have written the code to give a numeric score given two strings, then and only then should you move on.

And as stated, to get the score, write a loop that goes through each character of the student's answer and the answer key.

In the loop:

Compare the lower case version of the answer key character and the student's answer character. If they match, then add 5 points to the score.

I don't see anywhere an "int array" is needed.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

Just read the answer and the key as two strings then use a loop to compare the lowercase versions of their characters (you can just use tolower() http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/c...ctype/tolower/ ). If the two letters match then simply add 5 as Paul said to the score of the student

thank you for your guyes help i found out what i needed to do all it was is somwthing like this
string name;
string key;
string answers;

infile >> key>> name >> answers;

but its ok i got it