Chapter 9, Problem 14PC

Program Plan Intro

                Using Files-Birthday Look Up

Program Plan:

• Include the required header files.
• Create a class named “Birthday”.
• Inside the “private” access specifier, declare the variables “name” and “birthday”.
• Declare a variable “TOTAL” as “10”.
• Declare function prototype.
• Define the “main()” function.
  • Create an array object for class.
  • Call the function “getBirthdate()” function to read the birthday date from the file.
  • Call the function “display()” to display  the date in ascending order.
  • Call the function “getResponse()” to get the response from the user .
  • Call the function “Sort_selection()” function to sort the birth date.
  • Call the function “find_date()” to print the corresponding name and date.
• Function definition for the function “getBirthdate()”.
  • Create an object to read input from the file.
  • Open the file and test that it opened correctly.
  • Checking condition for opening the file.
    • Print the statement.
      • Otherwise, read the data form the file.
        • Read the name from the file.
        • Read the birthday date from the file.
      • Close the file.
• Function definition for the function “sort_selection ()”.
  • Variable to store the start value and the minimum birthday date index.
  • Create an object for class.
  • Variable to store the minimum date value.
  • Iterate from“start” until it reaches “(TOTAL-1)”
    • Assign “start” to “ind_val”
    • Assign “frds_date[start].birthday” to “min”
    • Iterate from “index” until it  reaches the “TOTAL”.
    • Compare data in the birthday fields
    • Swap records in “frds_date[start]” and “array[ind_val]”.
• Function definition for the function “display()”.
  • Iterate from the “position” until it reaches the “TOTAL”.
    • Set the precision for name and birthday date.
• Function definition for function “getResponse()”.
  • Variable to hold the user response.
  • Get the response from the user.
  • Check the response for validation.
    • Validate the user response.
      • Return the response.
• Function definition for “find_date()”.
  • Print the corresponding name and birthday date.