New to C++ need help with assignment.

[Adrix]

This is my assignment and I got this far with it so far. I was curious if anyone could give me a hint as to how I could solve the problem of adding 1 extra bagel per every dozen bagels and also giving the best price to the costumer if they buy 10 bagels it would cost them $4.60 but 13 would cost them $3.80 which is a better price for the customer and they save 0.80 cents. I feel like im really close but this is a real head scratcher for me I would really appreciate any hints on this subject. Thanks

This is the assignment: http://www.cs.csi.cuny.edu/~imberman...s%20bagels.htm

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
	int bagels, half_dozen, dozen, temp_bagels1, temp_bagels2, total_bagels;
	double price_bagel, price_half, price_dozen, total_price, price_diff;

	half_dozen = 6;
	dozen = 12;
	price_bagel = 0.50;
	price_half = 2.60;
	price_dozen = 3.80;

	cout << "How many bagels would you like today? ";
	cin >> bagels;
	cout << "Thank you for your order." << endl;

	if (bagels < half_dozen)
		total_price = bagels * price_bagel;

	else if (bagels < dozen)
	{
		temp_bagels1 = bagels / half_dozen;
		total_price = temp_bagels1 * price_half;
		temp_bagels1 = bagels % half_dozen;
		total_price = total_price + temp_bagels1 * price_bagel;
		cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
		cout << total_price << endl;

	}
	else if (bagels >= dozen)
	{
		temp_bagels1 = bagels / dozen;
		total_price = temp_bagels1 * price_dozen;
		temp_bagels1 = bagels % dozen;
		temp_bagels2 = temp_bagels1 / half_dozen;
		total_price = total_price + temp_bagels2 * price_half;
		temp_bagels2 = temp_bagels1 % half_dozen;
		total_price = total_price + temp_bagels2 * price_bagel;
		cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
		cout << total_price << endl;
		cout << total_bagels << endl;

	}
	return 0;

}

[Paul McKenzie]

So what is the question that you have? Just posting the assignment, code, and asking for "hints" doesn't tell us exactly what you are having problems with.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[Adrix]

Well I'm not sure how to write the part of the assignment that will give the customer 1 extra bagel per every down bagels and also the best price as the example shows where the customer buys 10 bagels.

[2kaud]

At the risk of sounding non-helpful (and I'm trying to be helpful without actually doing the work for you - see http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...ork-assignment), this is not a coding issue but an algorithm/design issue. Before coding a program, you should design it by expressing in English (or other natural language) how the program is to function - ie how would you do this using paper and pen.

determine input requirements
determine output requirements
determine algorithms needed
do {
     design program
     code program
     test program
     debug program
} while program_not_working

[Adrix]

Thanks I'll give that a try. I'm just new to c++ so I need to work on my algorithm forming skills lol.