Description
Write a program that prompts the user to enter some number of
• pennies (1-cent coins)
• nickels (5-cent coins)
• dimes (10-cent coins)
• quarters (25-cent coins)
• half dollars (50-cent coins)
Query the user separately for the number of each size coin. Your program should then print out the total
value of the coins (in cents)
Here are a few sample runs:
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 23
Nickels? 17
Dimes? 14
Quarters? 7
Half dollars? 3
The value of all your coins is 573 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 1
Nickels? 2
Dimes? 0
Quarters? 3
Half dollars? 2
The value of all your coins is 186 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 5
Nickels? 1
Dimes? 3
Quarters? 2
Half dollars? 1
The value of all your coins is 140 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 5
Nickels? 0
Dimes? 0
Quarters? 0
Half dollars? 0
The value of all your coins is 5 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 5
Nickels? 0
Dimes? 0
Quarters? 0
Half dollars? 2
The value of all your coins is 105 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 0
Nickels? 0
Dimes? 0
Quarters? 0
Half dollars? 0
The value of all your coins is 0 cents.
erdos@dsm:proj1$ proj1
Enter the number of coins you have for each denomination.
Pennies? 23
Nickels? 17
Dimes? 17
Quarters? 7
Half dollars? 3
The value of all your coins is 603 cents.
A few considerations and hints:
1. You are to do this using only the techniques found in Chapters 1 through 3 of the text. In other words,
you don’t need to read ahead to figure out how to do this. There are less verbose ways to solve this
problem using a loop and vectors, but we’re not ready for that yet.
2. I have made an executable version of this program for you to try out. The executable is available as
the file
~agw/class/programming-c++/share/proj1/proj1-agw
on the Departmental Linux machines. This means you can execute it by logging in on one of these
machines, doing the shell command
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cd ~agw/class/programming-c++/share/proj1
to put you into the proper directory, after which you can run the shell command proj1-agw as many
times as necessary. For that matter, you can copy the proj1-agw executable into your working
directory, and run it from there.
3. Use (appropriately-named) variables to store the number of half-dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and
pennies.
4. You should do this project, in a subdirectory proj1 of your ~/private/programming-c++ directory. You can create this via the shell command
mkdir ~/private/programming-c++/proj1
(You shouldn’t need the -p flag, since you previously created ~/private/programming-c++ when
you did Project 0.) To guarantee that any files you create for this project (e.g., the C++ source code
file proj1.cc and the executable program proj1) live in this directory, you will need to issue the
shell command
cd ~/private/programming-c++/proj1
before you start creating the file proj1.cc, i.e., before you run “emacs proj1.cc”.
5. Remember to include the standard libraries by putting
#include
near the beginning of your program. Unless stated otherwise, this will be standard operating procedure from now on.
6. You should test your program with the seven sets of input values shown above. If you get the same answers as seen above, your program is good enough. For example, you needn’t worry about erroneous
input data (such as a negative number of coins).
7. As with Project 0, use the photo program so you can have something to turn in. Don’t do this until
the program is working and you’re ready to submit your solution! The commands you should issue
are as follows:
photo
cat proj1.cc
g++ -std=c++17 -o proj1 proj1.cc
proj1
proj1
proj1
proj1
proj1
proj1
proj1
exit
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The input values you should use when running proj1 are the same as were shown above. Note that
you need to run proj1 seven times, once for each data set. Do not use any other sets of input values.
This will create a file, named typescript, in the current directory, containing a listing of proj1.cc,
evidence that it compiles with no errors or warnings, and a sample execution. This typescript file
may have “funny” characters, some of which may be removed by issuing the shell command
photo-clean typescript > proj1.out
You should make sure that your file proj1.out really contains what you think it contains. (It
might be empty, or it might contain out-of-date material.) You can do this by looking at the file
(via the shell command “more proj1.out”) or by using the shell command “ls -lt” to ensure
that proj1.out is nonempty and that it is newer than the typescript file before proceeding
further. You may need to delete a pre-existing proj1.out file should this not be the case.
You can now turn in proj1.out in one of two ways:
(a) You can simply send me an email, letting me know that you’re done with the project, and that I
can get the clean typescript file myself. For this to work, your file must be named1
~/private/programming-c++/proj1/proj1.out
or I won’t be able to find it. If you follow the instructions given above (i.e., make sure that you’re
in the ~/private/programming-c++/proj1 directory before you start your work and that the
clean typescript is named proj1.out within that directory), then this will happen automatically.
(b) You can email it to me, by issuing the shell command
mail -s “Project 1” agw < proj1.out
Good luck!
1As always, the tilde denotes your home directory.
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