Hye all.. Can anybody here give some ideas or repair to make this program better..
I mean a good programming style.. This program is about using POINTER only..:)

//This program find the total rain for each year, the average
//yearly rainfall and the month with the highest and lowest rainfall yearly.
//The program reports the rank of the rainfall order for each year.

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

//FUNCTION PROTOTYPES
void inputData (double *aYearData);
void calcTotalAve (double *aYearData, double *total, double *avg);
string getHighest (double *aYearData);
string getLowest (double *aYearData);
double *monthRanking(double *aYearData);

string month[]={"January  ","February ","March    ",
                "April    ","May      ","Jun      ",
                "July     ","August   ","September",
                "October  ","November ","December "};
                
string tinggi,              //to hold the highest rainfall month
       rendah;              //to hold the lowest rainfall month   

int main()
{
   
   double *aYearData,
          **rankMain,
          *total,
          *avg;
          
   
   //DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION
   avg = new double[12];
   total = new double[12];
   aYearData = new double[12];
   
   cout << "***************************************************************\n"
        << "This program find the total rain for each year, the average\n"
        << "yearly rainfall and the month with the highest and lowest\n"
        << "rainfall yearly. The program reports the rank of the rainfall\n"
        << "order for each year.\n"
        << "***************************************************************\n\n\n";
   
   for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++)
   {
       cout << "\a\aYEAR " << i << endl << endl;
    
       inputData(aYearData); //get data from user
              
       cout << "\n\n\nMONTH \t\tRANKING \tRAINFALL" << endl;
       cout << "----------------------------------------" << endl;
       
       rankMain[i] = new double; // Rank for each year
        
       for(int j = 0; j < 12; j++)
          rankMain[i][j] = monthRanking(aYearData)[j];    //assign the rank to rankMain
      
       for(int g = 0; g < 12; g++)
          cout << month[g] << setw(10) << rankMain[i][g] 
               << setw(18) << aYearData[g] << endl;      //display month, rank, and rainfall data     
         
                
       calcTotalAve(aYearData, total, avg); //calculate the total and average and display them
          
       tinggi = getHighest(aYearData);
       cout << endl << "HIGHEST : " << tinggi << endl;
            
       rendah = getLowest(aYearData);
       cout << "LOWEST  : " << rendah << "\n\n\n\n\n";
      
   }

   return 0;
}


//********************************************************
// Definition of function calcTotalAve.                  *
// This function performs a calculation that calculates  *
// the total and the average of rainfall per year        *
//********************************************************

void calcTotalAve (double * aYearData, double *total = 0, double *avg = 0)
{
   for (int index = 0; index < 12; index++)
		*total = *total + *(aYearData+index);

   *avg = *total/12;
   
   cout << "\n\nThe total rainfall : " << *total << endl;
   cout << "The average        : " << *avg << endl;
   
}


//********************************************************
// Definition of function inputData.                     *
// This function asks the user to enter the value        *
// of rainfall for each month. The parameter, aYearData, *
// is a pointer.                                         *
//********************************************************

void inputData(double * aYearData)
{
   cout << "\nENTER DATA \n";
   cout << "---------- \n";
   
   for(int index = 0; index < 12; index++)
   {
     	cout << month[index] << " : ";
		cin >> *(aYearData+index);
   }
}


//********************************************************
// Definition of function getHighest                     *
// This function accepts a double pointer as arguments,  *
// The highest value in the pointer aYearData is returned*
// as a string.                                          *
//********************************************************

string getHighest (double * aYearData)
{
   double highest = 0.0;
   
   for (int index = 0; index < 12; index++)
   {
	   if (*(aYearData+index) > highest)
   		  highest = *(aYearData+index);
   		  
       if (highest == *(aYearData+index))
   		  tinggi = month[index];
   }

   return tinggi;
}


//********************************************************
// Definition of function getLowest                      *
// This function accepts a double pointer as arguments,  *
// The highest value in the pointer aYearData is returned*
// as a string.                                          *
//********************************************************

string getLowest (double * aYearData)
{
   double lowest = *(aYearData+0);

   for (int index = 0; index < 12; index++)
   {
		if (*(aYearData+index) < lowest)
   		   lowest = *(aYearData+index);
   		   
        if (lowest == *(aYearData+index))
   		   rendah = month[index];
   }

   return rendah;
}


//********************************************************
// The monthRanking function returns a pointer to an     *
// array. It will performs an ascending order selection  *
// sort on array, which is an array of pointers.         *
//********************************************************

double *monthRanking(double * aYearData)
{
   double *level;           // Pointer variable declaration
   level = new double[12];

   for(int index = 0; index < 12; index++)
   {
      *(level+index)=1;

      for(int count = 0; count < 12; count++)
      {
         if(*(aYearData+index) < *(aYearData+count)) 
              level[index]++ ;                     
      }
   }
   return level;
}

1. avoid using Magic Numbers 6, 12.
make them constants. with meaningfull names.
i.e.

const int MONTHS=12;

2. Associate the pointer with type or identifier not in the middle

double *monthRanking(double * aYearData)

it should be like this

double *monthRanking(double *aYearData)
// OR
double* monthRanking(double* aYearData)

Hope this helps.

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