Functions Question

[cbufis]

I am writing this program and think I am close. The only problem is the output has some funny hashtag and the highest number output is incorrect. Any advice would be appreciated...

  /*
  Name: 
  Copyright: 
  Author: 
  Date: 13/04/14 11:13
  Description: 

This program will allow 6 people to enter their ratings from 1 to 5
of a product. The program will read the scores and determine the average scores
as well as the highest and lowest scores. The program will implement functions 
that will perform the following tasks:
     
1. Accept the data - function should prompt the user for score. 
   Error checking should validate that it is in the range of 1 to 5. 
   Function should be called for each of the ratings
   
2. Determine the highest rating - return the highest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
3. Determine the lowest rating - return the lowest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
4. Average the scores - display the average score of he values passed to the 
   function.
   
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

// Function prototypes

//score
double score( );

// highest rating
double highestRating();

//lowest rating
double lowestRating();

//average scores
double averageScores();

double maximum=0,minimum=1,number,sum=0;

double rating;
float average;
 
int main()
{
   
    //calling 1st function to get rating
    cout << score() << endl;
    
    //calling 2nd function to get and display highest rating
    cout << highestRating() << endl;
    
    //calling 3rd function to get and display lowest rating
    cout << lowestRating() << endl;
    
    //calling final function to calculate and display the average rating
    cout << averageScores() << endl;
    
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

//********************************
// The score function allows     *
// user to enter ratings.        *
//********************************


double score()
{
       for (int count = 1; count <= 6; count++)
       {
       cout << "Enter the Rating: " << count << ": ";
       cin >> rating;
       sum+=rating; //add to sum 
       // salesperson validation number of sales entered
       
       if ((rating <= 1) || (rating > 5))
          {
          cout << "Rating is invalid may not be less than 1 or more "
          << "than 5.\n"
          << "Enter the Rating: ";
          cin >> rating;
          sum+=rating; //add to sum 
          }
       }
        
}
              
//******************************************
// The highestRating function calculates   *
// and diaplays the Highest rating given   *
//******************************************

double highestRating()
{
       maximum=(rating>maximum)?rating:maximum; //conditional statement,
       //if entered number is greater than our max,its new max
       cout <<"Highest Rating is : "<<maximum<<endl;
       
}

//******************************************
// The lowestRating function calculates    *
// and diaplays the Lowest rating given    *
//******************************************
double lowestRating()
{
       minimum=(rating<minimum)?rating:minimum;//condiitonal statement,
       //if entered number is smaller than our min,its new min
       cout <<"Lowest Rating is: "<<minimum<<endl;
}

//******************************************
// The averageScores function calculates    *
// and diaplays the average rating given    *
//******************************************


double averageScores()
{
       average=float(sum)/float(6);
       cout <<"Their average is : "<<average<<endl;
}

[2UD8vCM9]

Your functions aren't returning anything and you're trying to cout the return values of your functions.

Edit: Also for your scores function you can just type in all 0's, it will tell you that it's invalid input, but it still accepts it.

[geosnipes]

I think this would be a better program. I made change to:
1:Return type of the functions
2:Made rating an array
3:Made maximum, minimum, and the ratings an int variable since the choice must be among 1,2,3,4, and 5
4. How the main functions access the functions.
5.Moved the maximum and minimum function calling to into the function for when the user is entering the ratings.

 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// Function prototypes

//score
void score( );

// highest rating
void highestRating(int);

//lowest rating
void lowestRating(int);

//average scores
void averageScores();

int maximum=0, minimum=6,sum=0;

int rating[6];
float average;
 
int main()
{
   
    //calling 1st function to get rating
    score();
    
    //calling final function to calculate
    averageScores();
    
    cout<<maximum<<" "<<minimum<<" "<<average;
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

//********************************
// The score function allows     *
// user to enter ratings.        *
//********************************


void score()
{
       for (int count = 0; count < 6; count++)
       {
            cout << "Enter the Rating: " << count+1 << ": ";
            cin >> rating[count];
            // salesperson validation number of sales entered
         
            if ((rating[count] < 1) || (rating[count] > 5))
            {
                cout << "Rating is invalid may not be less than 1 or more "
                << "than 5.\n"
                << "Enter the Rating: " << count+1 << ": ";
                cin >> rating[count];
           }
        sum+=rating[count];
       
       //calling highestrating to get and display highest rating
        highestRating(rating[count]);
        
        //calling 3rd function to get and display lowest rating
        lowestRating(rating[count]);
       }
       
        
}
              
//******************************************
// The highestRating function calculates   *
// and diaplays the Highest rating given   *
//******************************************

void highestRating(int highcheck)
{
       if (highcheck>maximum)
        maximum=highcheck;//if entered number is greater than our max,its new max
}

//******************************************
// The lowestRating function calculates    *
// and diaplays the Lowest rating given    
//******************************************
void lowestRating(int lowcheck)
{
	if (lowcheck<minimum)
        minimum=lowcheck;//if entered number is smaller than our min,its new min
}

//******************************************
// The averageScores function calculates    *
// and diaplays the average rating given    *
//******************************************


void averageScores()
{
       average=float(sum)/float(6);
}

[geosnipes]

My bad fix that cout in the main and change it to
cout<<"Maximum: "<<maximum<<endl;
cout<<"Minimum: "<<minimum<<endl;
cout<<"Average: "<<average<<endl;

or you can edit it to your liking

[BHX]

@geosnipes
Your code is good, but since it specifies the function returns they can't be void.

/*
  Name: 
  Copyright: 
  Author: 
  Date: 13/04/14 11:13
  Description: 

This program will allow 6 people to enter their ratings from 1 to 5
of a product. The program will read the scores and determine the average scores
as well as the highest and lowest scores. The program will implement functions 
that will perform the following tasks:
     
1. Accept the data - function should prompt the user for score. 
   Error checking should validate that it is in the range of 1 to 5. 
   Function should be called for each of the ratings
   
2. Determine the highest rating - return the highest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
3. Determine the lowest rating - return the lowest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
4. Average the scores - display the average score of he values passed to the 
   function.
   
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

const int ARR_SIZE = 6;

double score(double sum, double *arr, int size);
double highestRating(double *arr, int size, double maximum);
double lowestRating(double *arr, int size, double minimum);
double averageScores(double sum, int size);

int main()
{
	double min = 6, max = 1, sum = 0;
	double ratingSum, highest, lowest, average;
	double numArray[ARR_SIZE] = {0};
	
	ratingSum = score(sum, numArray, ARR_SIZE);
	highest = highestRating(numArray, ARR_SIZE, max);
	lowest = lowestRating(numArray, ARR_SIZE, min);
	average = averageScores(ratingSum, ARR_SIZE);
	
	cout << "Highest Rating is: " << highest << endl;
	cout << "Lowest Rating is: " << lowest << endl;
	cout << "Their average is: " << average << endl;
	
	return 0;
}

double score(double sum, double *arr, int size)
{
	for(int count = 1; count <= 6; count++)
	{
		cout << "Enter the Rating (1-5): " << count << " : ";
		double rate;
		cin >> rate;
		if ((rate >= 1) && (rate <= 5))
		{
			
			sum += rate;
			arr[count -1] = rate;
		}
		else
		{
			cout << "Not between 1 and 5. Try again!\n";
			count -= 1;
		}
		
	}
	return sum;
}

double highestRating(double *arr, int size, double maximum)
{
	double max = 0;
	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
	{
		if (arr[i] > maximum)
		{
			maximum = arr[i];
			max = arr[i];
		}		
	}
	
	return max;
}
double lowestRating(double *arr, int size, double minimum)
{
	double min = 0;
	for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
	{
		if (arr[i] < minimum)
		{
			minimum = arr[i];
			min = arr[i];
		}
	}
	
	return min;
}

double averageScores(double sum, int size)
{
	double avg = sum / size;
	return avg;
}

[cbufis]

Wow thanks for the tips. I don't think I can use array yet. Any tips on how to work this without the array? I'll work in it tonight some more also.. I really appreciate this.. Definitely helping me learn the code...

[2UD8vCM9]

Using global variables is bad in my opinion, but if you're going to use global variables, i'd just do it this way.

 /*
  Name: 
  Copyright: 
  Author: 
  Date: 13/04/14 11:13
  Description: 

This program will allow 6 people to enter their ratings from 1 to 5
of a product. The program will read the scores and determine the average scores
as well as the highest and lowest scores. The program will implement functions 
that will perform the following tasks:
     
1. Accept the data - function should prompt the user for score. 
   Error checking should validate that it is in the range of 1 to 5. 
   Function should be called for each of the ratings
   
2. Determine the highest rating - return the highest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
3. Determine the lowest rating - return the lowest rating of the values passed
   to the function
   
4. Average the scores - display the average score of he values passed to the 
   function.
   
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

// Function prototypes

//score
void score( );


//average scores
double averageScores();

double maximum=0,minimum=6,number,sum=0;

double rating;
float average;
 
int main()
{
   
    //calling 1st function to get rating
    score();
    
    //calling final function to calculate and display the average rating
    cout << "Average Score:" << averageScores() << endl;
    
	cout << "Minimum Rating:" << minimum << endl;
	cout << "Maximum Rating:" << maximum << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

//********************************
// The score function allows     *
// user to enter ratings.        *
//********************************


void score()
{
	int count=0;
	while (count<5)
	{
		cout << "Enter the Rating: " << count << ": ";
                cin >> rating;

		if (rating>=1 && rating<=5)
		{
				sum+=rating;
				count+=1;
				if (rating<minimum)
				{
					minimum=rating;
				}
				if (rating>maximum)
				{
					maximum=rating;
				}
		}

		else {
		  cout << "Rating is invalid may not be less than 1 or more "
          << "than 5.\n";
		}

	}

}

//******************************************
// The averageScores function calculates    *
// and returns the average rating given    *
//******************************************


double averageScores()
{
       average=float(sum)/float(6);
	   return average;
}

[BHX]

Pindrought wrote:

Using global variables is bad in my opinion, but if you're going to use global variables, i'd just do it this way.

You are partially right. Doing non-const global variables is considered a bad habit because you could accidentally change it later in your code without realizing it which can cause all sorts of interesting bugs. I use const global variables whenever possible.

[cbufis]

I am actually supposed to use the variables within the function and pass them although I couldn't figure out how to make it work....

[2UD8vCM9]

You have to use the solution using arrays then if you are expected to find the lowest/highest of the inputted numbers with that function.

[cbufis]

Any suggestions on how to get the variables to pass to the functions instead of the global variables?

[Xclusive198]

Have you used arrays yet? You could make this problem a whole lot easier using arrays.

You can compare min and max to each value in the array and then assign them accordingly.

Also, you need to assign a value to "average" variable because you used RETURN average on line 108.

cout << "Average Score:" << averageScores() << endl;

What you need to do before writing this line is say:

average = averageScores();

Then you write this:

cout << "Average Score:" << average << endl;

When you call averageScores()... it returns the value, but it doesn't assign it to any variable. When you return a value from a function, you have to assign it to a variable.

[cbufis]

Thanks for this tip! I can't use Arrays yet.... I am supposed to use functions for this assignment and not global variables...

[cbufis]

I just made the change to call the function with

average = averageScores();
cout << "Average Score:" << average << endl;

makes more sense thx!