Description
The purpose of this lab assignment is to gain more practice with arrays and file I/O.
Be sure to first create a separate directory for this assignment, called Lab5, create your files
and do your work this week in this new directory.
Problem
Often, data is presented to a program in multiple files, and needs to be stored in multiple
arrays. In this lab, we will use a pair of related data files.
File data1.txt contains prices for 6 auto parts. File data2.txt contains the associated
names of those parts. The files are related in that the name on line 1 of data2.txt
corresponds to the price on line 1 of data1.txt, and similarly for each pair of lines of the
files.
File data1.txt contains the prices in dollar amounts, so choose an appropriate variable data
type for this data. data2.txt contains the names in string format.
Program
Write a program which will declare an array for the prices, and an array for the names of the
parts, open the files, and load data in the arrays.
There are exactly 6 entries in each file, so you can use static arrays to load your data.
Once the data is loaded, output the names of the most and least expensive parts. Together with
the names of the most and least expensive parts, you should output the actual prices for these
formatted as $dollars.cents, e.g. $20.12. Please be sure the names and the prices are aligned
nicely e.g.:
The name of the most expensive part is engine ($100.45)
The name of the least expensive part is gasket ($12.99)
Be sure to close your data files before ending your program.
Required Functions:
• A function to load the prices array
• A function to load the names array
• A function to print all the names of prices
• A function to find the index of the most expensive part
• A function to find the index of the least expensive part
Turning in your programs
Turn in this lab electronically as lab10 on Blackboard.
CS2400 Lab 5: Multiple Files, Multiple Arrays
100 Points
Scoring for lab 10
points condition
5 comments
5 good variable names
10 readable source code
10 attractive and readable output
10 Loading the prices array
10 Loading the names array
10 find the index of the most expensive part
10 find the index of the least expensive part
10 Output a list of names and prices
10 all output items requested are ouput
10 correct file open and close
