Question

C++

Write a program that determines which of the 6 states had the most traffic tickets last year. The 6 states are California, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Michigan, and Florida. The program should have the following 2 functions, which are called by main.

1. Int getNumTickets () is passed the name of the state. It asks the user for the number of traffic tickets reported during last year, validates the input and then returns it. It should be called once for each state.
2. void findHighest () is passed the 6 traffic tickets totals. The function determines which is the highest and prints the name and totals for the state.

Input Validation: Do not accept negative numbers for traffic tickets.

Answer 1

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
// function to input the number of tickets
int getNumTickets(string state)
{
// print the message to enter the number of tickets
cout<<"Enter number of traffic tickets for "<<state<<"\n";
int f=1;
int num;
// run an infinite loop until a number > 0 is entered
while(f==1)
{
cin>>num;
if(num>=0)
{
f=0;
}
else
{
cout<<"Invalid input\n Enter again :";
}
}
// return the number
return num;
}
// function to find the highest number of tickets
void findHighest(int tickets[],string six_states[])
{
int m=tickets[0];
int pos=0;
// iterate through the loop and find the highest value and its position
for(int i=0;i<6;i++)
{
if(m<tickets[i])
{
m=tickets[i];
pos=i;
}
}
// print the state with highest number of traffic tickets
cout<<"The number of traffic tickets in "<<six_states[pos]<<" is highest and is equal to "<<m<<"\n";
}
int main()
{
// initialize a string array with the name of the states
string six_states[6]={"California","Georgia","Alabama","Illinois","Michigan","Florida"};
// initialize an int array for the number of tickets
int tickets[6];
// call the getNumTickets function once for each state
for(int i=0;i<6;i++)
{
tickets[i]=getNumTickets(six_states[i]);
}
// call the findHighest function to find the state with highest number of traffic tickets
findHighest(tickets,six_states);
return 0;
}