Looking for a Mentor

[2kaud]

I'm trying to get an idea of where to start before I get home from work and actually start

I would start by producing a simple program that just loops reading the data from the file and displaying it on the screen (see my sample program for an idea of one way of doing it). That was the first version of the example I posted above. Once that worked OK I then extended the program in stages. Each stage was tested first before the next stage was added. This way you always have a working program - one that doesn't do all it's supposed to, but working nevertheless. Once you have a program that you know reads the data OK, then you can add code that puts it in an array. Test that. Then sort the array and test that. Then add code to find highest etc etc etc. The important point is that at every stage you have a working program that does what's it's supposed to at that stage in the design.

Do {
     Design
     code
     test
     debug
} while program-not-correct

If you have a go and post some code here, we'll provide guidance but won't produce the code for you as this is a marked assessment. See http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...ork-assignment

Good luck!