I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this. I'm writing a program that will figure out the last position standing by continuously counting the positions using prime numbers till only one is left. http://acm.uva.es/p/v100/10015.html is a link to the original problem.

the code I have so far is below it's not very good and has a lot of extra crap. If any of you has an idea on how to get it working I'd really appreciate it!

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;



//-------------------------
//   Constants
//-------------------------
int MAX_PERSONNEL = 100;    // capacity of the array


//-------------------------
//   Global Variables
//-------------------------



//-------------------------
//   Function Declarations
//-------------------------
// getNumOfPersonnel:
//   1. read an integer from user as # of personnel and save in "size"
bool getNumOfPersonnel(int& size/*OUT*/);
// Pre: None
// Post: Return false if size is bigger than MAX_PERSONNEL;
//       otherwise: size got a value in range [1, MAX_PERSONNEL];
//                  return true.



// numberPersonnel:
//   1. Place a numbers in the array for use in counting
void numberPersonnel(int arr[]/*OUT*/, int& size/*IN*/);
// Pre: getNumOfPersonnel must be valid.
// Post: Array will be filled in and ready for exicutions.


// primNum
//  1. Determine all prime numbers
void primeNum(int& size/*in*/);
// Pre: GetNumOfPersonnel must be filled in.
// Post: Will show all prime numbers for given number of peronnel.



// exicutePersonnel:
//   1. Place a numbers in the array for use in counting
int exicutePersonnel(int& size/*IN*/);
// Pre: numberPersonnel array must be filled in.
// Post: All personnel will be counted to the nth prime number untill only one remains.



// printArray: display content of array on screen
void printArray(const int arr[]/*IN*/, int size/*IN*/);
// Pre: User will have input values into the array
// Post: Will print user input array values


//-------------------------
//   main
//-------------------------
int main()
{

    cout << "This program is designed to determine which position will save you incase you\n";
    cout << "are caught and about to be exicuted by Joseph's Cousin!!\n" << endl;
    cout << "Joseph's Cousin likes to exicute every nth person in a group of people\n";
    cout << "that have been grouped into a circle, starting with the person at the\n";
    cout << "12 o'clock possition and moving counter clockwise...\n" << endl;
    cout << "He continues counting after the first time around never resetting\n";
    cout << "the count to zero untill there is only one person remaining.\n" << endl;
    cout << "the nth person to be killed is determined by counting to a prime number\n";
    cout << "and killing that person then continuing on to the next person in line!\n" << endl;
    cout << "This program will determine which possition you need to be standing in order\n";
    cout << "to survive the encounter and live to program another day!!\n";
    cout << endl << endl << "GOOD LUCK!!!!!\n";

    cout << "Please enter how many personnel are in your group\n";

    // variables
	int perArray[MAX_PERSONNEL]; // store numbers read in from keyboard
    int size;       // # of numbers actually read in
    //int maxPrime = 4000;    // Max number for determining prime numbers.



	// read in size and fill array
    if ( !getNumOfPersonnel(size) ) // if failed
    {
        cout << endl << "Can't fill the array. Program aborted." << endl;
        exit(1);
    }


    primeNum(size);



    numberPersonnel(perArray, size);


    cout << exicutePersonnel(size);



    //cout << exicutePersonnel(perArray, size);


     // Print array
    cout << endl << "After user input: " << endl;
    printArray(perArray, size);


    //cout << exicutePersonnel;


    return 0;

}
//-------------------------
//   Function Definitions
//-------------------------

bool getNumOfPersonnel(int& size/*OUT*/)
{

    // read in size
    cout << "Enter # of numbers you have (1 ~ " << MAX_PERSONNEL << "): ";
    cin >> size;

        // check if valid size
        if (size > MAX_PERSONNEL || size <=0)
        {   // invalid
        cout << endl << "Invalid size. Valid range is 1 to " << MAX_PERSONNEL << ". " << endl;
        return false;
        }




    return true;
}



void numberPersonnel(int arr[]/*OUT*/, int& size/*IN*/)
{

    // fill in the array
    for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
        {
            arr[i] = 0;
            arr[i] += 1;
        }
    return;
}


void primeNum(int& size/*in*/)
{
		bool isPrime=true;
		for ( int i = 0; i <= size -1; i++)
		{
				for ( int j = 2; j <= size - 1; j++)
				{
						if ( i!=j && i % j == 0 )
						{
						  isPrime=false;
						  break;
						}
						else if ( i==1 )
                        {
						  isPrime=false;
						  break;
						}

				}
				if (isPrime)
				{
                cout <<"Prime:"<< i << endl;
				}
				isPrime=true;
		}
}


int exicutePersonnel(int& size/*IN*/)
{
   int i, s;

    for (s = 0, i = 1; i <= size; i++)
        s = (s + (size - i)) % i;



    return (s - 1);


}



void printArray(const int arr[]/*IN*/, int size/*IN*/)
{
    // loop through the array and print each element
    for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {
        // print one number
       // cout << "  [" << i << "]: " << arr[i] << endl;
    }

    cout << endl;

    return;
}


// end of program

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