Global Function Problems

[abernut++]

I am new to the fascinating world of C++, I should of stuck with Spanish.. But I have an assignment due and I am so close I can taste it. I am having an issue with my global functions.

I can not get my average function nor my maxGrade function to work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is what I have thus far:

//Libraries 
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

//Line to tell rest of program to use namespace standard
using namespace std;

//functions prototypes
float averageGrade(int studentInfo[], int size);
int maxgradestudent(int studentInfo[], int size);

//classes declaration
class Person
{
public:
Person(void);
~Person(void);
void Setfirstname(char []);
char * Getfirstname(void);
void Setlastname(char []);
char * Getlastname(void);

private:
char Firstname[30];
char Lastname [30];
};

class Student : public Person
{
public:
Student(void);
~Student(void);
void Setnid(char[]);
char * getNID(void);
void SetGrade(float);
float GetGrade(void);

private:
float grade;
char NID [30];


};

void main()
{
Student studentInfo[100];
float studentGrade;
int i,numStudents;
char firstName[30];
char lastName[30];
char NID [30];
float ave =0.0;
int maxgrade;

//check for errors
do
{
cout << "Enter the number of students:";
cin >> numStudents;
if ((numStudents < 1) || (numStudents > 100))
{
cout << "Incorrect value. Try again...\n";
}
} while ((numStudents < 1) || (numStudents > 100));

//Enter info for students:
for (i=0;i<numStudents;i++)
{
cout << "Student #"<<i+1 << endl;
cout << " Enter the Student's first name :";
cin >> firstName;

cout << " Enter the Student's last name :";
cin >> lastName;

cout << "Enter the student's nid:";
cin >> NID;


cout << "Enter the student's grade:";
cin >> studentGrade;

//send data to functions
studentInfo[i].Setfirstname(firstName);
studentInfo[i].Setlastname(lastName);
studentInfo[i].Setnid(NID);
studentInfo[i].SetGrade(studentGrade);

//average call fuction
ave= averageGrade(studentInfo, ave);

//maximum call function 
maxgrade= maxgradestudent(studentInfo, ave); }

cout << "\n\n";

for (i=0;i<numStudents;i++)
{
cout << "The average grade is " << studentInfo[i].GetGrade() << endl;

cout << "The student with the highest grade is :" << studentInfo[i].Getfirstname()<<" ";
cout << studentInfo[i].Getlastname()<< "NID:"<< studentInfo[i].getNID()<<"grade:"<<studentInfo[i].GetGrade()<<"\n";


}
}
//FUNCTIONS
//constructor
Person::Person(void)
{
strcpy(Firstname,"");
}

//destructor
Person::~Person(void)
{
strcpy(Firstname,"");
}

//function for first name
void Person::Setfirstname(char firstname[])
{
strcpy(Firstname,firstname);
}

//function for Last name
void Person::Setlastname(char lastname[])
{
strcpy(Lastname,lastname);
}

char * Person::Getfirstname(void)
{
return Firstname;
}

char * Person::Getlastname(void)
{
return Lastname;
}
//nid function
Student::Student(void)
{
strcpy (NID,"");
}

Student::~Student(void)
{
strcpy (NID,"");
}

void Student::Setnid(char Nid[])
{
strcpy (NID,Nid);
}

char * Student::getNID(void)
{
return NID;
}


//function for grade:
void Student::SetGrade(float studentGrade)
{
grade = studentGrade;
}

float Student::GetGrade(void)
{
return grade;
}

float averageGrade(int studentScores[], int size) 
{ 
   int total = 0; //variable to keep sum of all elements in array 
   for(int i=0; i<size; i++) 
   { 
     total=total+studentScores[i]; //add this students score to the total 
   } 
   
  return  (float)total/size;  
 }

[Ancient Dragon]

The first parameter to averageGrade() is supposed to be an int array, you are attempting to pass an array of Student classes. The second parameter is supposed to be the number of elements in the first parameter -- you are attemtping to pass a float that represents the average. The parameters in the actual function call must match the parameter list in the function prototype.

[cikara21]

Another corrections..

//cin>>firstName;
cin.getline(firstName,30);
//cin>>lastName;
cin.getline(lastName,30);
//cin>>NID;
cin.getline(NID,30);