Bids Project

/*
 * Name: James Inglis
 * Project: Bids
 * Course: CSI107 (Spring 2013)
 * Date May 9, 2013
 * Description: This program takes the bids and slogans,
 * converts all bids to American dollars, and displays all bids
 * and slogans with "<company>" replace by your company's name.
 */

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

double convertEurosToDollars(double bid); // This function converts the Euros input
                                          // to American dollars.

double findMinIndex(double vals[], int numVals); // This function finds the minimum bids and returns it.

int main()
{
    const string COMPANY = "Inglis Corp"; //
    const int NUM_AGENCIES = 4; // The size of the array
    double bids[NUM_AGENCIES], minIndex; // The storing of bids in array // minIndex is used for the return variable
    string slogans[NUM_AGENCIES]; // storing the slogans into an array
    int i; // counting variable

    cout << "Enter bid (in Euros) and slogan for 4 agencies : " << endl; // outputting

    for (i = 0; i < NUM_AGENCIES; i++) // going through each element
    {
        cin >> bids[i];
        bids[i] = convertEurosToDollars(bids[i]); //
        getline(cin, slogans[i]); // taking in the string after the whitespace

    }
    double index; // This code finds "<company>" and replaces it with "Inglis Corp
    int j;
    for (j = 0; j < NUM_AGENCIES; j++)
    {
        index = slogans[j].find("<company>");
        cout << index << endl;
        slogans[j].replace(index, 9, COMPANY);
    }
    // The calling function to find the minimum bid
    minIndex = findMinIndex(bids, NUM_AGENCIES);

    // Displaying the Bids and Slogans
    cout << "Bids ($)" << "\t" << "Slogan" << endl;

    for (i = 0; i < NUM_AGENCIES; i++)
    {
        cout << fixed << setprecision(2) << bids[i] << "\t\t" << slogans[i] << endl;
    }
     // Displaying the slogans, depending on the bids
    if (minIndex == bids[0])
    {
        cout << "Best bid:  $"  << minIndex << fixed << setprecision(2) << slogans[0];
    }

    else if (minIndex == bids[1])
    {
        cout << "Best bid:  $"  << minIndex << fixed << setprecision(2) << slogans[1] << endl;
    }
    else if (minIndex == bids[2])
    {
        cout << "Best bid:  $"  << minIndex << fixed << setprecision(2) << slogans[2] << endl;
    }
    else if (minIndex == bids[3])
    {
        cout << "Best bid:  $"  << minIndex << fixed << setprecision(2) << slogans[3] << endl;
    }
    else
        cout << "Best bid:  $"  << minIndex << fixed << setprecision(2) << slogans[4] << endl;

    return 0;

}
// function definition to converting Euros to Dollars
double convertEurosToDollars(double euroBid)
{
    const double US_DOLLARS = 1.31;
    double converted;
    // The assignment to convert euros to dollars
    converted = euroBid * US_DOLLARS;

    return converted;

}
// function definition to find the mimimum value
double findMinIndex(double vals[], int numVals)
{
    double min;

    min = vals[0];

    for ( int i = 1; i < numVals; i++)
    {
        if (min >= vals[i])   // The statment for the minimum value
        {
            min = vals[i];
        }
        else if (min == vals[i]) // If minimum values are the same
        {
            return vals[i];
        }

    }

    cout <<  "min" << min << endl;

    return min;
}