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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct StudentType
{
string name;
int score;
char grade;
};
const int size = 20;
void sort(StudentType students[], int number_used);
//Precondition: number_used <= declared size of the array a.
//The array elements a[0] through a[number_used - 1] have values.
//Postcondition: The values of a[0] through a[number_used - 1] have
//been rearranged so that a[0] <= a[1] <= ... <= a[number_used - 1].
void swap_values(StudentType& v1, StudentType& v2);
//Interchanges the values of v1 and v2.
int index_of_smallest(StudentType students[], int start_index, int number_used);
//Precondition: 0 <= start_index < number_used. Referenced array elements have
//values.
//Returns the index i such that a[i] is the smallest of the values
//a[start_index], a[start_index + 1], ..., a[number_used - 1].
int main()
{
int n;
char yes_no;
do
{
cout<<"How many students (between 1 and 20) will you be entering?"<<endl; // the number entered is no more than 20 students
cin>>n;
cin.ignore();
StudentType students[size]; //this array holds the given number of students
for (int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cout<<"What is the name and score (between 1 and 100) of the student?"<<endl;
getline(cin,students[i].name);
cin>>students[i].score;
cin.ignore();
if (students[i].score<0||students[i].score>=100)
{
}
switch (students[i].score/10) //this returns the letter grade
{
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
students[i].grade='F';
break;
case 6:
students[i].grade='D';
break;
case 7:
students[i].grade='C';
break;
case 8:
students[i].grade='B';
break;
case 9:
students[i].grade='A';
break;
default:
cout<< "This is not a valid grade.\n";
students[i].grade=' ';
}
if (students[i].score>0&&students[i].score<=100)
{
cout<<students[i].name<<"'s score: "<<students[i].score<<endl;
cout<<"grade: "<<students[i].grade<<endl<<endl;
}
}
int hs=students[0].score, index=0; //this finds the highest grade
for (int i=1;i<n;i++)
{
if(students[i].score>hs)
{
hs=students[i].score;
}
}
cout<<"This/these student(s) received the highest score of " <<hs<<": "<<endl; //this outputs the highest score
int i;
for (i=0;i<n;i++) //this returns the students who scored the highest score
{
if(students[i].score==hs)
{
cout<<students[i].name<<endl;
}
}
cout<<endl;
cout <<"In alphabetical order, the names of the students are: "<<endl<<endl;
sort(students, n);
for (int index = 0; index < n; index++)
{
cout <<students[index].name<<endl;
}
cout<<endl;
cout<<"Do you want to run this program again? Y or N.\n";
cin>>yes_no;
}while(yes_no=='y' || yes_no=='Y'); //allows the user to repeat the function
return 0;
}
void sort(StudentType students[], int number_used)
{
int index_of_next_smallest;
for (int index = 0; index < number_used-1; index++)
{//Place the correct value in students[index]:
index_of_next_smallest = index_of_smallest(students, index, number_used);
swap_values(students[index], students[index_of_next_smallest]);
//students[0] <= students[1] <=...<= students[index] are the smallest of the original array
//elements. The rest of the elements are in the remaining positions.
}
}
void swap_values(StudentType& v1, StudentType& v2)
{
StudentType temp;
temp = v1;
v1 = v2;
v2 = temp;
}
int index_of_smallest(StudentType students[], int start_index, int number_used)
{
string min = students[start_index].name; //this variable stores the min values
int index_of_min = start_index; //this variable stores the index of the min element
for (int index = start_index + 1; index < number_used; index++)
{
if (students[index].name < min)
{
min = students[index].name;
index_of_min = index;
//min is the smallest of students[start_index] through students[index]
}
}
return index_of_min;
}
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