ITCproj

// ITCproj2.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void findAuthorsAndPaperDetails(char[], char[], char[], char[], char[]);
int searchNamesIndex(char[],char[], int);
int adjustIndexToStartOFRecord(char[], int);

int main()
{
    char authors_list[1000]="$Talha Dar,Ibrahim Ahmed$Asfand Yaar,Abdulrahman Ahsan";
    char titles_list[1000]="$Paper 1 title$Paper 2 Title$Paper 3 Title";
    char venue_list[1000]="$Venue1$Venue 2$Venue 3";
    char details_list[1000]="$12.3,12,01,09,2000$45.6,45,02,09,2000$09.8,76,54,32,2000";
    char name[50]={'\0'};
    int choice=-1;

    cout<<"\nWelcome to reference manager MLA format."<<endl;
    while(choice!=0)
    {
        cout<<"\nEnter Name of an author, ending with a fullstop. This will print the paper associated with this author and it's details. ";
        cout<<"\nENTER NAME: ";
        cin.getline(name, 50, '.');
        findAuthorsAndPaperDetails(authors_list, titles_list, venue_list, details_list, name);
        cout<<"Enter 1 if you'd like to continue searching for more authors and papers, or enter 0 to terminate program.";
        cout<<"\nEnter Choice: ";
        cin>>choice;
    }




    return 0;
}
void findAuthorsAndPaperDetails(char authors[], char titles[], char venues[], char details[], char nameToSearch[])  //so far this functions only finds and prints the names of the authors, if one of the two is found.
{
    int a=0, b=0, c=0;
    int count=0;
    int index=-1;
    bool found=false;
    while(found=false)
    {
        found=true;
        if(authors[a]=='$'){count++;}
        if(authors[a]==nameToSearch[0])
        {
           index=searchNamesIndex(authors, nameToSearch, a);
           if(index==-1){found=false;}
        }
    }
    cout<<endl;
    for(int x=index; authors[index]!='\0'; x++)
    {
             cout<<authors[x];
    }


}

int searchNamesIndex(char authors[], char name[], int i)   //Once, first letter of input name==a letter in author's list, the process of matching the rest of the name to an authors name begins here.
{
    bool found=true;
    int x=0;
    int index=0;
    for(int y=i; authors[y]!='\0' || authors[y]==',';y++)
    {
        if(authors[y]!=name[x]){return -1; found=false;}
        x++;
    }
    if(authors[i-1]==',')
    {

           index=adjustIndexToStartOFRecord(authors, i);
    }
    index=i;
    return index;;
}
int adjustIndexToStartOFRecord(char data[], int i)   //If name found is the second of two names in the record, the index is adjusted to the start of first name.
{
    int x=0;
    for(x=i; data[x]!='$'; x--)
    {
    }
    return x+1;
}