Bithday project

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stlmac 0 Newbie Poster

16 Years Ago

I have to do a birthday project for by c++ class that allows the user to enter a birthay and dislay information about that birhday including the birhstone, astrological sign and the season which the birthday occurs. The main menu of the program should allow you to enter a persons name, birthday and additional info. It should continue to display until the user presses 1. Also create an enumeration for the months in the year, create an enumeration for the birthstones and add a function named get birthstone that returns the birthsone based on the month. It keeps telling me I have errors any suggestions?
Here is the code I have so far:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include<string>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;
void printbirthstone (int);
void printastro (int);
void season (int);



int main()
{


string name;
int bdayyear = 2000;
int bdaymonth = 1;
int day = 1;
int birthstone = 1;
int astro = 1;
int season = 1;
int menu = 0;


cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"        *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";


cout <<"Menu for Birthday Project\n";
cout <<"1. Please enter theperson's name:\n";
cout <<"2. Enter persons bithday year:\n";
cout <<"3. Enter persons birthday month:\n";
cout <<"4. Enter birthday day:\n";
cout <<"5. Display you birthstone:\n";
cout <<"6. Display your Astrological sign:\n";
cout <<"7. Display the season in which your birhday occurrs:\n";


cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"        *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";


cout <<" Enter menu selection 1 through 7\n";
cin >>menu;


switch(menu)
{
case 1:
cin>>name;
break;


case 2:
cin>>bdayyear;
break;
case 3:
cin>>bdaymonth;
break;
case 4:
cin>>day;
break;
case 5:


break;
case 6:


break;
case 7:


break;


system("pause");
return 0;
}
void printbirthstone (int x)
{
switch (x0
{
case 1:
cout<<"Granet ";
break;
case 2:
cout<<"Amethyst ";
break;
case 3:
cout<<"Aquamarine ";
break;
case 4:
cout<<"Diamond ";
break;
case 5:
cout<<"Emerald ";
break;
case 6:
cout<<"Pearl ";
break;
case 7:
cout<<"Ruby ";
break;
case 8:
cout<<"Peridot ";
break;
case 9:
cout<<"Sapphire ";
break;
case 10:
cout<<"Opal ";
break;
case 11:
cout<<"Topaz ";
break;
case 12:
cout<<"Turquoise ";
break;
default
cout<<" Please enter a zodiac sign 1 to 12\n"


}
void printastro (int y)
{


}
void season (int z)
{



}

c++

Edited 11 Years Ago by happygeek because: fixed formatting

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Dave Sinkula 2,398 long time no c

16 Years Ago

Using a beautifier to attempt to better read your code, I can see that syntax errors are an issue. Using code tags also assists in displaying this fact.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include<string>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;
void printbirthstone (int);
void printastro (int);
void season (int);


int main()
{

   string name;
   int bdayyear = 2000;
   int bdaymonth = 1;
   int day = 1;
   int birthstone = 1;
   int astro = 1;
   int season = 1;
   int menu = 0;

   cout <<" * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * *\n";

   cout <<"Menu for Birthday Project\n";
   cout <<"1. Please enter theperson's name:\n";
   cout <<"2. Enter persons bithday year:\n";
   cout <<"3. Enter persons birthday month:\n";
   cout <<"4. Enter birthday day:\n";
   cout <<"5. Display you birthstone:\n";
   cout <<"6. Display your Astrological sign:\n";
   cout <<"7. Display the season in which your birhday occurrs:\n";

   cout <<" * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout <<" * * * * *\n";

   cout <<" Enter menu selection 1 through 7\n";
   cin >>menu;

   switch ( menu )
   {
   case 1:
      cin>>name;
      break;

   case 2:
      cin>>bdayyear;
      break;
   case 3:
      cin>>bdaymonth;
      break;
   case 4:
      cin>>day;
      break;
   case 5:

      break;
   case 6:

      break;
   case 7:

      break;

      system("pause");
      return 0;
   }
   void printbirthstone (int x)
   {
      switch ( x0{case 1:
               cout<<"Granet ";
             break;case 2:
             cout<<"Amethyst ";
             break;case 3:
             cout<<"Aquamarine ";
             break;case 4:
             cout<<"Diamond ";
             break;case 5:
             cout<<"Emerald ";
             break;case 6:
             cout<<"Pearl ";
             break;case 7:
             cout<<"Ruby ";
             break;case 8:
             cout<<"Peridot ";
             break;case 9:
             cout<<"Sapphire ";
             break;case 10:
             cout<<"Opal ";
             break;case 11:
             cout<<"Topaz ";
             break;case 12:
             cout<<"Turquoise ";
             break;default
             cout<<" Please enter a zodiac sign 1 to 12\n"


             }
             void printastro (int y){


             }
             void season (int z){





             }

VernonDozier 2,218 Posting Expert

16 Years Ago

You have not ended your switch statement in main with a closing bracket so the compiler doesn't know where it ends.

Dave Sinkula 2,398 long time no c

16 Years Ago

The default case needs to end with a colon : .

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stlmac 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2008-02-20T02:17:03+00:00

I placed a closing bracket and it is still showing 2 errors:

I believe this is line 77
'printbirthstone' : local function definitions are illegal

and
line 13 which has the follow error
this line contains a '{' which has not yet been matched

stlmac 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2008-02-20T02:55:26+00:00

I placed a colon at the default case but it still showing the same two errors

Dave Sinkula 2,398 long time no c Team Colleague · Answer 3 · 2008-02-20T02:59:14+00:00

I seem to have misplaced my crystal ball -- I don't suppose you'd care to post the code containing your latest edits?

stlmac 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 4 · 2008-02-20T03:10:34+00:00

Sorry bout that here is the current code

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


using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;
void printbirthstone (int);
void printastro (int);
void season (int);



int main()
{


string name;
int bdayyear = 2000;
int bdaymonth = 1;
int day = 1;
int birthstone = 1;
int astro = 1;
int season = 1;
int menu = 0;


cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"        *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";


cout <<"Menu for Birthday Project\n";
cout <<"1. Please enter theperson's name:\n";
cout <<"2. Enter persons bithday year:\n";
cout <<"3. Enter persons birthday month:\n";
cout <<"4. Enter birthday day:\n";
cout <<"5. Display you birthstone:\n";
cout <<"6. Display your Astrological sign:\n";
cout <<"7. Display the season in which your birhday occurrs:\n";


cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"        *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *      *   *\n";
cout <<"         * *        * *        * *        * *        * *\n";
cout <<"          *          *          *          *          *\n";


cout <<" Enter menu selection 1 through 7\n";
cin >>menu;


switch(menu)
{
case 1:
cin>>name;
break;


case 2:
cin>>bdayyear;
break;
case 3:
cin>>bdaymonth;
break;
case 4:
cin>>day;
break;
case 5:


break;
case 6:


break;
case 7:


break;



system("pause");
return 0;
}
void printbirthstone (int x)
{
switch (x)
{
case 1:
cout<<"Granet ";
break;
case 2:
cout<<"Amethyst ";
break;
case 3:
cout<<"Aquamarine ";
break;
case 4:
cout<<"Diamond ";
break;
case 5:
cout<<"Emerald ";
break;
case 6:
cout<<"Pearl ";
break;
case 7:
cout<<"Ruby ";
break;
case 8:
cout<<"Peridot ";
break;
case 9:
cout<<"Sapphire ";
break;
case 10:
cout<<"Opal ";
break;
case 11:
cout<<"Topaz ";
break;
case 12:
cout<<"Turquoise ";
break;
default:
cout<<" Please enter a zodiac sign 1 to 12\n"


}
void printastro (int y)
{


}
void season (int z)
{



}

Dave Sinkula 2,398 long time no c Team Colleague · Answer 5 · 2008-02-20T03:14:33+00:00

switch ( menu ) needs a closing curly brace.
The function void printbirthstone (int x) needs a closing curly brace. cout<<" Please enter a zodiac sign 1 to 12\n" needs a closing semicolon ; .

stlmac 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 6 · 2008-02-20T04:11:37+00:00

Hey thanks soo much it seems to be working so far

Dave Sinkula 2,398 long time no c Team Colleague · Answer 7 · 2008-02-20T04:15:19+00:00

Sometimes I like to "smash up" the switch when many things are common, mostly for easier readability.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;

void printbirthstone (int);
void printastro (int);
void season (int);

int main()
{
   string name;
   int bdayyear = 2000, bdaymonth = 1, day = 1, birthstone = 1,
       astro = 1, season = 1, menu = 0;

   cout << " * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * *\n";

   cout << "Menu for Birthday Project\n";
   cout << "1. Please enter theperson's name:\n";
   cout << "2. Enter persons bithday year:\n";
   cout << "3. Enter persons birthday month:\n";
   cout << "4. Enter birthday day:\n";
   cout << "5. Display you birthstone:\n";
   cout << "6. Display your Astrological sign:\n";
   cout << "7. Display the season in which your birhday occurrs:\n";

   cout << " * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * *\n";

   cout <<" Enter menu selection 1 through 7\n";
   cin  >> menu;

   switch ( menu )
   {
   case 1: cin >> name;      break;
   case 2: cin >> bdayyear;  break;
   case 3: cin >> bdaymonth; break;
   case 4: cin >> day;       break;
   case 5:                   break;
   case 6:                   break;
   case 7:                   break;
   }

   system("pause");
   return 0;
}

void printbirthstone (int x)
{
   switch ( x )
   {
   case 1:  cout << "Granet ";     break;
   case 2:  cout << "Amethyst ";   break;
   case 3:  cout << "Aquamarine "; break;
   case 4:  cout << "Diamond ";    break;
   case 5:  cout << "Emerald ";    break;
   case 6:  cout << "Pearl ";      break;
   case 7:  cout << "Ruby ";       break;
   case 8:  cout << "Peridot ";    break;
   case 9:  cout << "Sapphire ";   break;
   case 10: cout << "Opal ";       break;
   case 11: cout << "Topaz ";      break;
   case 12: cout << "Turquoise ";  break;
   default: cout << " Please enter a zodiac sign 1 to 12\n";
   }
}

void printastro (int y)
{
}

void season (int z)
{
}

And this kinda thing gets old after week 3 of programming:

cout << " * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * * * * * * *\n";
   cout << " * * * * *\n";

;)

stlmac 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 8 · 2008-02-20T04:26:23+00:00

Im just learning C++, thanks for the tip I didn't know you could "smash up" the switches like that

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