//Validate the input.
while (scores[count] <= 0)
{
cout << "Zero or negative numbers not accepted.\n";
cout << "Test Score #" << (count + 1) << ": ";
cin >>scores[count];
}

void showAverage(float, int);

void showAverage(float, int, float);

showAverage( total, numScores );
 
//Get lowest
 
lowest = scores[0];
for ( int count = 1; count < numScores; count++)
{
if(scores[numScores] < lowest)
lowest = scores[numScores];
}

//Get lowest
 
lowest = scores[0];
for ( int count = 1; count < numScores; count++)
{
if(scores[numScores] < lowest)
lowest = scores[numScores];
}
 
showAverage( total, numScores , lowest);
 
//Then go on with your deletion of allocated memory.

void showAverage(float total, int numScores)
{
float average;
 
//Calculate the average
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}

void showAverage(float total, int numScores ,float lowest)
{
float average;
 
//Calculate the average
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}

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
 
using namespace std;
 
void arrSelectSort(float *, int);
void showArrPtr(float *, int);
void showAverage(float, int);
 
int main()
 {
   float *scores, //To dynamically allocate an array
   total=0.0; //Accumulator
   ...
   return 0;
}

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
void arrSelectSort(float *, int);
void showArrPtr(float *, int);
void showAverage(float, int);
int main()
{
float *scores, //To dynamically allocate an array
total=0.0; //Accumulator
 
float lowest; 
int numScores; //To hold the number of test scores
//Get the number of test scores.
cout << "How many test scores would you like to process? ";
cin >> numScores;
//Dynamically allocate an array large enough to hold that many
//test scores
scores = new float[numScores];
if(scores==NULL)
return 0;
//Get the test score for each test
cout << "Enter the test scores below.\n";
for (int count = 0; count < numScores; count++)
{
cout << "Test score #" << ( count + 1 ) << ": ";
cin >> scores[count];
//Validate the input. 
while (scores[count] < 0)
{
cout << "Zero or negative numbers not accepted.\n";
cout << "Test Score #" << (count + 1) << ": ";
cin >>scores[count];
}
}
//Calculate the total scores
for (int count = 0; count < numScores; count++)
{
total += scores[count];
}
//sort the elements of the array pointers
arrSelectSort ( scores, numScores );
//Will display them in sorted order.
cout << "The test scores in ascending order are: \n";
showArrPtr ( scores, numScores );
//Get lowest
lowest = scores[0];
for ( int count = 1; count < numScores; count++)
{
if(scores[numScores] < lowest)
lowest = scores[numScores];
}
//Function that holds total minus lowest grade.
float lstotal;
int number;
lstotal = (total - lowest);
number = numScores - 1;
showAverage(lstotal, numScores);
//Free memory.
delete [] scores;
return 0;
}
void arrSelectSort(float *array, int size)
{
int startScan, minIndex;
float minElem;
for (startScan = 0; startScan < ( size - 1 ); startScan++)
{
minIndex = startScan;
minElem = array[startScan];
for (int index = startScan + 1; index < size; index++)
{
if ( array[index] < minElem)
{
minElem = array[index];
minIndex = index;
}
}
array[minIndex] = array[startScan];
array[startScan] = minElem;
}
}
void showArrPtr(float *array, int size)
{
for (int count=0; count< size; count++)
cout << array[count] << " ";
cout << endl;
}
void showAverage(float lstotal, int number)
{
float average;
//Calculate the average
average = lstotal / number;
//Display the results.
cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
cout << "When dropping lowest score the average is: " << average << endl;
}

//Get lowest
lowest = scores[0];
//Without the for loop code works fine.
//for ( int count = 1; count < numScores; count++)
//{
//if(scores[numScores] < lowest) 
// Out of bounds 
//array index :array[numScores]
//lowest = scores[numScores];
//}
//Function that holds total minus lowest grade.
float lstotal;
int number;
lstotal = (total - lowest);
number = numScores - 1;
//showAverage(lstotal, numScores);
//should be
showAverage(lstotal, number);
//Free memory.
delete [] scores;
return 0;
}
}

int numberOfScores;
float average;
cout << "please enter the number of test scores to enter: ":
cin >> numberOfScores
float * scores = new float[numberOfScorse];
// ask the user for each score
// run the sort and have the lowest score in scores[0]
// then to get the average
for (int i = 1 /*start at 1 because 0 is the lowest*/; 1 < numberOfScores; i++)
{
        average += scores[i];  // this will sum up all the elements except the lowest
}
average /= (numberOfScores - 1); // divide buy the number of scores minus 1 because you dropped the lowest
cout << "The average score is " << average << ".\n";