// This program asks for the user to enter one to twenty-five names and determine which name is first and last alphabetically and lists the names in order.
//
//
//Program from Starting Out With C++ from Control Structures through Objects (Ninth Edition) by Tony Gaddis(2018) pg. 299, Problem #14.
//
// Programmed by Devin Dahlberg, CIS 251 Student
// February 5, 2024
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string roster[25];
int roster_count = 0;
//Get the number of students.
cout << "How many students do you wish to enter? (1-25) " << endl;
cin >> roster_count;
while (roster_count < 1 || roster_count > 25) {
cout << "Invalid amount of students. " << endl;
cout << "How many students do you wish to enter? (1-25) " << endl;
cin >> roster_count;
}
//Gets the appropriate amount of students required by the user.
cout << "Enter the names of the " << roster_count << " students: " << endl;
for (int count = 0; count < roster_count; count++) {
cin >> roster[count];
}
//Sorts the students in alphabetical order.
for (int count = 0; count < roster_count; count++) {
for (int countTwo = count + 1; countTwo < roster_count; countTwo++) {
if (roster[count] > roster[countTwo]) {
string current = roster[count];
roster[count] = roster[countTwo];
roster[countTwo] = current;
}
}
}
//Lists the first and last student in line.
cout << "The first student in line is " << roster[0] << "." << endl;
cout << "The last student in line is " << roster[roster_count - 1] << "." << endl;
//Lists the students in alphabetical order.
cout << "The students in alphabetical order: " << endl;
for (int count = 0; count < roster_count; count++) {
cout << count + 1 << ". " << roster[count] << endl;
}
return 0;
}