for loop question

[exdox77]

i have a for loop where i use an object to input information like this:

I want the emp objects to increase as the loop goes around. so for each time to loop goes around i need it to go from emp1 to emp2 to emp3 up to max of 3. how would i go about doing this. thank you in advance

//Defines employee objects
EmployeeClass emp1;
EmployeeClass emp2;
EmployeeClass emp3;

//displays output so user can input information
cout << "\nWelcome to the Employee Pay Center\n\n" ;
for(int i = 0; i <= max; i++)

//asking for information for employee 1
cout << "Enter the employee name    = ";
cin >> emp1.EmployeeName;
cout << "Enter the hours worked     = ";
cin >> emp1.hours;
cout << "Enter his or her hourly wage   = ";
cin >> emp1.wage;
cout << endl;

[GCDEF]

You need an EmployeeClass array or vector.

More than likely you want your loop to be < max, not <= max.

[exdox77]

okay i got it now, so how do you do infinite array, for example i dont know how many people i will be inputing i just want to input until i say stop

[Skizmo]

so how do you do infinite array

You can't define something 'infinite'. Just use a vector. You can keep adding to it.

[Ledidas]

To add, there is nothing infinite, only dynamic allocation exists, vector does have its own capacity to hold maximal number of elements

[exdox77]

ill give it a try, thanks for you help. as you can tell i am new to c++ and only know that basics. but thanks for you help

[exdox77]

so i did the array with my class but when i reach the last element in the array and the compiler gives me an error like this:

'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Users\bwilson\Desktop\Axis\9\Debug\9.exe', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\msvcp100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\msvcr100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\apphelp.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
First-chance exception at 0x6565c9c7 (msvcr100d.dll) in 9.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xcccccccc.
Unhandled exception at 0x6565c9c7 (msvcr100d.dll) in 9.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xcccccccc.

what does all the mean? the code is below.

//Defines employee objects
int i;
EmployeeClass emp[3];
//EmployeeClass emp1;
//EmployeeClass emp2;
//EmployeeClass emp3;

//displays output so user can input information
cout << "\nWelcome to the Employee Pay Center\n\n" ;
//for(int i = 0; i <= max; i++)
for(i = 0; i < 3; i++){
//asking for information for employee 1
cout << "Enter the employee name    = ";
cin >> emp[i].EmployeeName;
cout << "Enter the hours worked     = ";
cin >> emp[i].hours;
cout << "Enter his or her hourly wage   = ";
cin >> emp[i].wage;
cout << endl;
}

[Skizmo]

this...

'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Users\bwilson\Desktop\Axis\9\Debug\9.exe', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\msvcp100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\msvcr100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
'9.exe': Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\apphelp.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file

Is just information which can safely be ignored.

this...

0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xcccccccc.

Is the reason why your program crashed. 'Access violation reading location 0xcccccccc' usually means that you are using a uninitialized pointer. Run your program in debug mode and when the crash happens you can see which line it is that causes the crash.

[exdox77]

thats all it gave me, when it was finished it sent me to memcpy.asm and pointed to a line.

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[Lindley]

Yeah, but check the call stack. Somewhere on there should be some of your code; that's the relevant bit.

[VladimirF]

May I start a guessing game?
Is your EmployeeName a char*?
Is it not initialized?

[exdox77]

employee name is string and no and here is the complete code:

// 9.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

//
//CLASS DECLARATION SECTION
//
class EmployeeClass {
public:
	void ImplementCalculations(string EmployeeName, double hours, double wage);
	void DisplayEmployInformation(string EmployeeName, double basepay, double ot_hours, double ot_pay, double total_pay);
	void Addsomethingup (EmployeeClass, EmployeeClass, EmployeeClass);
	string EmployeeName ;
	int hours ;
	float wage ;
	float basepay ;
   	int overtime_hours ;
	float overtime_pay ;
	float overtime_extra ;
	float iTotal_salaries ;
	float iIndividualSalary ;
	int iTotal_hours ;
	int iTotal_OvertimeHours ;
};

//main class
int main(){

system("cls");

//Defines employee objects
int i;
EmployeeClass emp[3];
//EmployeeClass emp1;
//EmployeeClass emp2;
//EmployeeClass emp3;

//displays output so user can input information
cout << "\nWelcome to the Employee Pay Center\n\n" ;
//for(int i = 0; i <= max; i++)
for(i = 0; i < 3; i++){
//asking for information for employee 1
cout << "Enter the employee name    = ";
cin >> emp[i].EmployeeName;
cout << "Enter the hours worked     = ";
cin >> emp[i].hours;
cout << "Enter his or her hourly wage   = ";
cin >> emp[i].wage;
cout << endl;
}
////asking for information for employee 2
//cout << "Enter the employee name    = ";
//cin >> emp2.EmployeeName;
//cout << "Enter the hours worked     = ";
//cin >> emp2.hours;
//cout << "Enter his or her hourly wage   = ";
//cin >> emp2.wage;
//cout << endl;
//
////asking for information for employee 3
//cout << "Enter the employee name    = ";
//cin >> emp3.EmployeeName;
//cout << "Enter the hours worked     = ";
//cin >> emp3.hours;
//cout << "Enter his or her hourly wage   = ";
//cin >> emp3.wage;
//cout << endl;

//sends data to function to calculate totals and display information back
emp[1].ImplementCalculations(emp[1].EmployeeName,emp[1].hours,emp[1].wage);
emp[2].ImplementCalculations(emp[2].EmployeeName,emp[2].hours,emp[2].wage);
emp[3].ImplementCalculations(emp[3].EmployeeName,emp[3].hours,emp[3].wage);

//send all three employees to function to calculate totals for all employees
emp[1].Addsomethingup(emp[1],emp[2],emp[3]);

system("pause");

} //End of Main Function

//function for overtime calcuations
void EmployeeClass::ImplementCalculations (string EmployeeName, double hours, double wage){
//Initialize overtime variables
overtime_hours=0;
overtime_pay=0;
overtime_extra=0;

	if (hours > 40) //if hours are over 40 do this
	{
            overtime_hours = hours - 40;
            overtime_pay = (wage * 1.5) * overtime_hours;
            basepay = (hours - overtime_hours) * wage;
            iIndividualSalary = (overtime_pay) + (basepay);

            DisplayEmployInformation(EmployeeName, basepay, overtime_hours, overtime_pay, iIndividualSalary);

	}	// if (hours > 40)
        else if (hours <= 40) //if hours are under 40 do this
	{
            basepay = hours * wage;
            iIndividualSalary = basepay;

            DisplayEmployInformation(EmployeeName, basepay, overtime_hours, overtime_pay, iIndividualSalary);


	} // End of the else

} //End of Primary Function

//function to display individual information
void EmployeeClass::DisplayEmployInformation (string EmployeeName, double basepay, double ot_hours, double ot_pay, double total_pay) {
// This function displays all the employee output information.

    cout << "Employee Name ................ =" << EmployeeName << endl;
    cout << "Base Pay ..................... =" << basepay << endl;
    cout << "Hours in Overtime ............ =" << ot_hours << endl;
    cout << "overtime Pay Amount .......... =" << ot_pay << endl;
    cout << "Total Pay .................... =" << total_pay << endl << endl;


} // END OF Display Employee Information

//function to display summary of all employees information
void EmployeeClass::Addsomethingup (EmployeeClass Employ1, EmployeeClass  Employ2, EmployeeClass Employ3){

    iTotal_hours = Employ1.hours + Employ2.hours + Employ3.hours;
    iTotal_salaries = Employ1.iIndividualSalary + Employ2.iIndividualSalary + Employ3.iIndividualSalary;
    iTotal_OvertimeHours = Employ1.overtime_hours + Employ2.overtime_hours + Employ3.overtime_hours;

cout << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl
     << "%%%% EMPLOYEE SUMMARY DATA%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl
     << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl
     << "%%%% Total Employee Salaries ..... = " << iTotal_salaries << endl
     << "%%%% Total Employee Hours ........ = " << iTotal_hours << endl
     << "%%%% Total Overtime Hours......... = " << iTotal_OvertimeHours << endl
     << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl
     << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl;

	} // End of function

[sysop1911]

ill give it a try, thanks for you help. as you can tell i am new to c++ and only know that basics. but thanks for you help

If you don't know what the max size will be, shouldn't you use a vector and not a normal array?

[GCDEF]

Arrays are 0 based. Valid indexes for an array of size 3 are 0, 1 and 2, not 1, 2 and 3.

[exdox77]

Are you kidding me I should known that. Arrays get me every time well thanks everyone for your help. Next step is to try the vector and grow my array as I input people. Any ideas to start from.