Re: Please help!

<dharajsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
)> > Here is the assignment:
)>
)> > You are an accountant setting up a payroll system for a small firm.
)> > Each line of the table in Appendix G (posted below) indicates an
)> > employee's salary range and corresponding base tax amount and tax
)> > percentage. Given a salary amount, the tax is calculated by adding the
)> > base tax for that salary range and the product of percentage of excess
)> > and the amount of salary over the minimum salary for that range.
)> > · Design a program that solves this problem.
)> > · Generate a set of input test values.
)> > · Perform a design walkthrough to verify your design.
) <snip>
)
) There's no specific language. This class is just beginning
) programming. It's called "Fundamentals of programming with algorithms
) and logic."
)
) Is this correct?
)
) <snip>

Malcolm wrote:

) No, I'm afrid you've haven't really understood.
)
) The program needs to read a table of salaries and tax rates from an input
) file.

Where do you see that in the assignment ?
You're making a simple assignment needlessly complex.
It's a 'fundamentals of programming' course, ferchrissake.

) If you are implementing in C++ unfortunately it is hard to give an answer
) because there are so may styles of C++ programming.
)
) Basically you need
)
) #define MAXBRACKET 1000

This is bad programming form in any case. Especially when using C++


SaSW, Willem
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