/* i have forgotten how to do the setw for the output
(ex. Find Holland, Beth: 5)...getting all of the numbers to line up. also, i need to know how to modify this program so it reads in 20 strings from a file. i want to name the file names.dat. */

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

void selectionSort ( char names[][17], int n );
int binarySearch ( char name[], char names[][17], int n );

char names[20][17]= { "Collins, Bill", "Smith, Bart", "Allen, Jim",
"Griffin, Jim", "Stamey, Marty", "Rose, Geri",
"Taylor, Terri", "Johnson, Jill", "Allison, Jeff",
"Looney, Joe", "Wolfe, Bill", "James, Jean",
"Weaver, Jim", "Pore, Bob", "Rutherford, Greg",
"Javens, Renee", "Harrison, Rose", "Setzer, Cathy",
"Pike, Gordon", "Holland, Beth" };

int main()
{
cout << "Unsorted:"<<endl;

for ( int i = 0; i < 20; i++ )

cout<< names <<'\n';
cout<<endl;

selectionSort ( names, 20 );

cout << "Sorted:"<<endl;

for ( int i = 0; i < 20; i++ )

cout << names << '\n';
cout << endl;
cout << "Find Allen, Jim: ";
cout << binarySearch ( "Allen, Jim", names, 20 ) << endl;
cout << "Find Wolfe, Bill: ";
cout << binarySearch ( "Wolfe, Bill", names, 20 ) << endl;
cout << "Find Jones, Kevin : ";
cout << binarySearch ( "Jones, Kevin", names, 20 ) << endl;
cout << "Find Holland, Beth: ";
cout << binarySearch ( "Holland, Beth", names, 20 ) << endl;
cout << "Find Ross, Paula: ";
cout << binarySearch ( "Ross, Paula", names, 20 ) << endl;

cin.get();

}

void selectionSort ( char names[][17], int n )

{
// Fix for last name sort

for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++ )

names[strcspn ( names, "," )] = '\0';

// Sort

for ( int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++ ) {

char save[17];

int min = i;

for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {

if ( strcmp ( names[j], names[min] ) < 0 )

min = j;

}

memcpy ( save, names, 17 );

memcpy ( names, names[min], 17 );

memcpy ( names[min], save, 17 );

}

// Recover first names

for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++ )

names[strlen ( names )] = ',';

}

int binarySearch ( char name[], char names[][17], int n )

{

int low = 0, high = n - 1;

while ( low <= high ) {

int mid = ( low + high ) / 2;

if ( strcmp ( name, names[mid] ) < 0 )

high = mid - 1;

else if ( strcmp ( name, names[mid] ) > 0 )

low = mid + 1;

else

return mid;

}

return -1;

}

>> i have forgotten how to do the setw for the output
You also forgot to use Code Tags. Thus I forgot to help, sorry.

/* LOL that's funny. i meant that i want to line the numbers up for the section below after u compile & run it.:

cout << "Find Allen, Jim: ";
      cout << binarySearch ( "Allen, Jim", names, 20 ) << endl;
      cout << "Find Wolfe, Bill: ";
      cout << binarySearch ( "Wolfe, Bill", names, 20 ) << endl;
      cout << "Find Jones, Kevin : ";
      cout << binarySearch ( "Jones, Kevin", names, 20 ) << endl;
      cout << "Find Holland, Beth: ";
      cout << binarySearch ( "Holland, Beth", names, 20 ) << endl;
      cout << "Find Vasko, Paula: ";
      cout << binarySearch ( "Ross, Paula", names, 20 ) << endl;

cout << setw( 20) << "Find Allen, Jim: "; use whatever number of spaces will contain your longest string.
Remember that setw is not a sticky setting.

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