Need Help Making a Data Base that Accepts Names and Phone #s

[Beast_]

Hey, I have a program that I have to make. I have to store phone numbers and names, then later on I have to print them off in a list. After I list the names and phone numbers off, I must be able to continue from there on and enter more names/phonenumbes, if I wish. Now I am able to store numbers only in the name and phonenumbers field. For some odd reason, Turing isnt allowing me to store actual word's. Just numbers. I've tried specifying the variables to strings, but it is erroring up in the for statement I have made. I must have this problem resolved. If any of you can help me, I would deeply appreciate it. Anyway, here is my progress so far:

var howMany : int
put "How many names and phone numbers?" ..
get howMany

var firstname, lastname, phone : array 1 .. howMany of int
for i : 1 .. howMany
put "Enter first name number ", i, ": " ..
get firstname (i)
put "Enter last name number ", i, ": "..
get lastname (i)
put "Enter phonenumber # ", i, ": "..
get phone (i)
end for

for i : 1 .. howMany
put "Info number ", i, " ",firstname (i)," "..
put lastname (i), " "..
put phone (i)
end for

It just wont allow me to enter names. I need to get this problem solved.

And do you guys know how to enter names which have spaces between them? For example, when the program says enter a name, you enter John Smith and it stores the variable instead of "John." I don't quite remember, but I tried putting a semicolon ( [put; "What is your name?"] after the put statement, but that didnt solve the problem.

thanks for your time.

[Talion]

your array is of int. So therefore everything going into it must be integer as well. make it of string. Then you can enter the numbers and names. oh and use the [code] [syntax] brackets next time.

oh and to enter both names as one variable go 'get name:*' that'll allow you to enter a line of text to one variable.

[GinoGuy]

Okay, so we can get names now
I don't understand the part where it says "get firstname:*"
When I type that in, it says "illegal get item". :/

ALSO, how can we get it to ask if they want to continue, and start up at the same number they left off?

EDIT: I got the :* thing, but I still needed help with the last part

[Delos]

GinoGuy wrote:

Okay, so we can get names now
I don't understand the part where it says "get firstname:*"
When I type that in, it says "illegal get item". :/

ALSO, how can we get it to ask if they want to continue, and start up at the same number they left off?

EDIT: I got the :* thing, but I still needed help with the last part

That's not really an easy question to answer, since we haven't seen your code. By 'we' do you mean you are somehow affiliated with Beast_? Or are you coincidentally just doing a similar project?
From what I can figure, you'll have to add a conditional exit to the for loop.

[GinoGuy]

code:

var howMany : int var answer : string procedure ask     put "How many names and phone numbers? " ..     get howMany end ask procedure names     var name, phone : flexible array 1 .. howMany of string     for i : 1 .. howMany         put "Enter name number ", i, ": " ..         get name (i) : *         put "Enter phonenumber # ", i, ": " ..         get phone (i) : *     end for     for i : 1 .. howMany         put "Info number ", i, ": ", name (i), " " ..         put phone (i)     end for end names loop     ask     names     put "Would you like to enter more?"     get answer     if answer = "yes" then         cls         ask         names     elsif answer = "no" then         exit     end if end loop

And yes, I am affiliated with Beast

[GinoGuy]

Before this topic goes far down the list, I have pulled together a bit better code with some remarks to show you what I actually need, and in a bit better detail. Here it is

code:

var howMany : int var answer : string % Asks for amount of names to be entered % put "How many names to be stored?" .. get howMany % Gets requested amount of names % var name : array 1 .. howMany of string for i : 1 .. howMany     put "Enter name please."     get name (i)     % What I was TRYING to do was record the last number that (i) was at %     % [color=red]var endnum : int := (i)[/color] end for % Asks for any more names to be entered % put "Enter more names?" get answer loop     if answer = "yes" then         put "How many more names?"         get howMany         % I want it to go FROM where if left off, to the amount of new names they want %         for i : [color=red]endnum[/color] .. howMany             put "Enter the extra names please"             get name (i) : *         end for     elsif answer = "no" then         exit     end if end loop

[Beast_]

I was able to do this, dont know if it is much:

code:

% Adam Baird % Exam A (With Errors) % Saturday January 21, 2006 % For Mason % Purpose: To take and remember names, and allow user to enter more when done. % Input: A specified amount of names, lastnames, and phone numbers. % Output: All entered information given % ---------------------------------------------------------------- % Errors: - Resets Back to 1, instead of last place % Fixed:  - User can enter full name with 1 get statement %         - User can now enter words AND numbers var howMany : int var answer : string var first, HowManyOld, total : int first := 1 put "How many names and phone numbers? " .. get howMany var name, phone : array 1 .. howMany of string loop     if first = 1 then         HowManyOld := 1     first := 2         else         HowManyOld := HowManyOld + howMany     end if     for i : HowManyOld .. howMany         put "Enter name number ", i, ": " ..         get name (i) : *         put "Enter phonenumber # ", i, ": " ..         get phone (i) : *     end for     total := howMany + HowManyOld - 1     for i : 1 .. total         put name (i), " " ..         put phone (i)     end for     put "Would you like to enter more? 1 = yes, 2 = no"     get answer     if answer = "1" then         cls     elsif answer = "2" then         exit     end if end loop put "Exit?" get answer if answer = "yes" then     Window.Hide (defWinID) else     put "Have a nice day!" end if [code][/code] When I say no to exit, it just says "Have a nice day", it doesnt take me back to the beginning. When I want to continue after viewing all of the names/numbers, it just errors. HELP!!   :cry: