Homework 5, Some Structure to a Balloon Hunt.

Short Description:

Goals

• Worked with structures.

Formal Description

1. Setup
   • Create a directory to hold homework 5
   • Download the following files into this directory
     • balloons.cpp
     • Makefile
     • game.dat
2. Create a structure PlayerT. This structure should hold
   • The player's name, a string.
   • The player's score, an integer.
   • The player's favorite color, a ColorT.
3. Create a function void ReadPlayer(PlayerT & player);
   • This function should ask the user for the name and favorite color of the player.
   • Use the following algorithm

   • prompt for player name
     set player name
     
     set player score to 0
     
     while favorite color is unknown
         prompt for favorite color
         read favorite color as string
         convert string to color
         if the color is not in the list of colors
             print error message
     
     set player's favorite color to favorite color 

   • The interaction should be something close to this

   • Enter the player's name: Dan
     Enter the player's favorite color: Grey
     Sorry Grey is not a valid color.
     Please select again
     Enter the player's favorite color: BlUe 

4. Write a routine void PrintPlayer(PlayerT player)
   • This should print the following

     Balloon Hunter: name 
     Favorite Color: color
     Score: score 

   • For the above player, the output should be

     Balloon Hunter: Dan
     Favorite Color: blue
     Score: 0 

5. We now must handle balloons. Create a balloon structure
   • Type BalloonT
   • It should hold
     • The color of the balloon, a ColorT
     • The value of the balloon, an integer
     • The location of the balloon, a string, potentially containing spaces.
6. Create a routine BalloonT ReadBalloon(ifstream & stream)
   • Balloons are stored in a file with the following format

     Color:Value:description of location

   • For example a line might contain

     Red:4:A nice park

   • This routine should read a line from the file and store it in a BalloonT
   • Game.dat holds this data.
   • Thanks to RandomLists for a starting list for this file.
7. Create a routine void PrintBalloon(BalloonT balloon)
   • This should print the following

     You found a color balloon in place worth points points.  

   • So for the above example,

     You found a red balloon in a nice park worth 4 points.  

   • Note the A in the description has been changed to lower case.
     • The first letter of the description will always be upper case.
8. Write a routine void GiveBalloon(PlayerT & player, BalloonT balloon)
   • If the balloon is the player's favorite color
     • Print

        Thank you, I love color balloons!

     • Increase the player's score by the balloon's score.
   • If not
     • Print

       No thank you, I don't like color balloons.

9. Write a the main routine

   • Read the Player information
     Open the file "game.dat"
     Read in a balloon
     while the balloon is valid
         Print the description of the balloon
         Give the Player the balloon
         Print the player information.
         Print a blank line
         Read in a balloon
     Close the file
     
     Print final message
      

   • The final message should be

     name your final score is score.

   • The dialog at the end of the game should look like

     You found a cyan balloon in a sunny school worth 4 points.
     No thank you, I don't like cyan balloons.
     Balloon Hunter: Dan
     Favorite Color: green
     Score: 52
     
     You found a green balloon in the tricky road worth 5 points.
     Thank you, I love green balloons!
     Balloon Hunter: Dan
     Favorite Color: green
     Score: 57
     
     Dan your final score is 57.
     

Required Files

If you have additional information to communicate, please put this in a file called ReadMe.

Submission