I am trying to take the following code so that my bottom function first pulls out the first three scores of a text file and averages them, then pulls the last three scores out and averages them. I am using a known good text file that has 7 entries with first and last name folowed by the 6 scores followed by a return and the next entry.

Here is the current code, everything works up to the calcAveragefn

//**************************************
//IT 210 Business Applications with C++
// Programmer: Randell Wright
// Date:Oct 23, 2007
// Program:  Template Program
//**************************************


//Preprocessor Directives
#include<iostream>
#include<conio.h>
#include<iomanip>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

ifstream fin; //global variable


//Global constants/global variables/function prototypes

//declarations
  string names[40][2];
  int scores[40][6];
  int total;


//function prototypes
void headerfn();  //void function with no parameters
void inputfn(string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter);
int calcAverage(float average[40][6], string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter);



//char assignGrade(int average);


//Definition of main function

void main()
{
  headerfn();  //call to headerfn
  //start of block in main
  

float average[40][6];
  fin.open("input.txt");
  if(!fin)
  {
    cout<<"input error\npress any key"<<endl;
    getch();
	return;
    }//end of error check

    int counter;
    inputfn(names,scores, counter);

calcAverage(average, names, scores, counter);

  //end of block in main


  cout<<"\n\nPress any key to continue"<<endl;
  getch();


}//end of main

//*****************************************************************
void headerfn()
{
  cout<<"********************************************"<<endl;
  cout<<"IT210 Business Applications with C++"<<endl;
  cout<<"Programer:  Randell Wright "<<endl;
  cout<<"Date     :  October 23, 2007"<<endl;
  cout<<"Program  :  Template program"<<endl;
  cout<<"********************************************"<<endl;
}
//*****************************************************************
void inputfn(string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter)

{
int total[40];
counter=0;
 while(fin&&counter<40)
 {
   fin>>names[counter][0]>>names[counter][1];
   for(int col=0;col<6;col++)fin>>scores[counter][col];
   counter++;
   if(fin.peek()=='\n')fin.ignore();
  }//end of while

for (int row =0; row<counter; row++)
     {
     total [row]=0;
     for (int col=0; col<6; col++)
     total[row]= total [row] + scores [row][col];     }//end of outer loop

for (int row=0; row<counter; row++)     {cout<<left<<setw(20)<<names[row][0]+' '+names[row][1];
     for (int col=0; col<6;col++)       {cout<<setw(5)<<scores[row][col];}       cout<<setw(5)<<total[row];
       cout<<endl; 
    }//end of outer for
}//end of inputfn

//*****************************************************************
int calcAverage(float average[40][6], string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter)
{
counter=0;


//for (int row=0; row<counter; row++)
 //    {
     for (int col=2; col<8; col++)

	 {
	   return average[40][6];
	   cout<<average;
	 }
		 int Ptotal[40][3];
		 Ptotal =0;
	 for(int col =2; col<5;col++){Ptotal += scores[col]
	 }cout<<Ptotal;


}//end of outer for

//*****************************************************************

Thanks for the help

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A few comments on the code:
1) Please use better and consitant formatting so the program can be understood. It help both you and us.
2) getch() and conio.h -- They are not standard and you don't need them. cin.get() is standard and does what you need.
3) void main() -- main is an int, never a void.
4) if(fin.peek()=='\n')fin.ignore(); -- what are you testing here? What if the next character is a SPACE? Probably better just to getline(fin) or fin.ignore(100,'\n')

I am trying to take the following code so that my bottom function first pulls out the first three scores of a text file and averages them, then pulls the last three scores out and averages them. I am using a known good text file that has 7 entries with first and last name folowed by the 6 scores followed by a return and the next entry.

Can't make head nor tail of your average function:

int calcAverage(float average[40][6], string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter)
{
    counter=0;
    for (int col=2; col<8; col++)     //// start a loop....  why 2 to 8?
    {
        return average[40][6];        //// first thing done in the loop is return an 
                                      //// illegal value (last value is average[39][5])
        cout<<average;                //// never reaches this line
    }
    int Ptotal[40][3];                //// Never got here, already returned.
    Ptotal =0;
    for(int col =2; col<5;col++){Ptotal += scores[col]
    }cout<<Ptotal;
}//end of outer for

Are you trying to calculate one of the two averages here? If so, just pass in the first 3 values and return the average. Call the function twice.

Thank you for the help, I can see where my idea of the loop went very wrong. It really helped when you commented to each line to show what starts first and where it ended. I will also try to format better.

Thanks again

A few comments on the code:
1) Please use better and consitant formatting so the program can be understood. It help both you and us.
2) getch() and conio.h -- They are not standard and you don't need them. cin.get() is standard and does what you need.
3) void main() -- main is an int, never a void.
4) if(fin.peek()=='\n')fin.ignore(); -- what are you testing here? What if the next character is a SPACE? Probably better just to getline(fin) or fin.ignore(100,'\n') Can't make head nor tail of your average function:

int calcAverage(float average[40][6], string names[40][2], int scores[40][6], int &counter)
{
    counter=0;
    for (int col=2; col<8; col++)     //// start a loop....  why 2 to 8?
    {
        return average[40][6];        //// first thing done in the loop is return an 
                                      //// illegal value (last value is average[39][5])
        cout<<average;                //// never reaches this line
    }
    int Ptotal[40][3];                //// Never got here, already returned.
    Ptotal =0;
    for(int col =2; col<5;col++){Ptotal += scores[col]
    }cout<<Ptotal;
}//end of outer for

Are you trying to calculate one of the two averages here? If so, just pass in the first 3 values and return the average. Call the function twice.

It really helped when you commented to each line to show what starts first and where it ended.

It really helps more when you comment your code... FYI :icon_wink:

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