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    Really need help with my Array HW

    So I need to write a c++ program where:


    1)Read a sequence of integers from a file into an array
    2) Pass that array of integers to a function which will compute and return the average (as a double).
    3) Display the average returned from the function


    I feel like I am overthinking it but here is what I have so far:

    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<fstream>
    #include<string>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        int n = 0; //n is the number of the integers in the file ==> 12
        int num;
        int arr[100];
    
        ifstream File;
        File.open("numbers.txt");
        while(!File.eof())
        {
            File >> arr[n];
            n++;
        }
    
        File.close();
    
        for(int i=0;i<12;n++)
        {
            cout << arr[i] << " ";
        }
    
        cout << "done\n";
        return 0;
    }
    Last edited by VictorN; December 4th, 2018 at 03:27 PM. Reason: add CODE tags

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    Re: Really need help with my Array HW

    Well, did you test your code works as expected?
    If it does then what is your next problem in writing the function "which will compute and return the average"?
    if it does not work as expected then what is the problem?

    And BTW, please always use the CODE tags while posting the code snippets!
    Victor Nijegorodov

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    Re: Really need help with my Array HW

    The 'usual' way to read numbers from a file into a fixed size array would be:

    Code:
    const size_t arrsize = 100;  // Size of array
    
    int arr[arrsize] = {0};
    size_t n = 0;
    
    for (; (n < arrsize) && (File >> arr[n]); ++n);
    So that you don't overflow the array if more than the expected number of values from the file are tried to be read. Usually, though, in a situation like this then a container such as a vector would be used so that you don't need to care about the actual number of values read from the file.

    Also, you have a code error in your loop to display the values of the array.

    Now you just need to code the function to compute and return the average of an array!
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