At the bottom I am working on the function vote, which when accessing candidates[i].name and making it equal to the input (name) for ex. ./plurality (name of the file) Alice bob jones and then inputting for name = Alice, it returns false rather than following the line candidates[0].name = Alice == name therefore adding to the vote count.
I am struggling to understand why it goes through my if statement from i = 0 to i = 50ish and doesn't equate Alice to Alice. Sorry if this is noob question I appreciate any help!
#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
// Max number of candidates
#define MAX 9
// Candidates have name and vote count
typedef struct
{
string name;
int votes;
}
candidate;
// Array of candidates
candidate candidates[MAX];
// Number of candidates
int candidate_count;
// Function prototypes
bool vote(string name);
void print_winner(void);
int main(int argc, string argv[])
{
// Check for invalid usage
if (argc < 2)
{
printf("Usage: plurality [candidate ...]\n");
return 1;
}
// Populate array of candidates
candidate_count = argc - 1;
if (candidate_count > MAX)
{
printf("Maximum number of candidates is %i\n", MAX);
return 2;
}
for (int i = 0; i < candidate_count; i++)
{
candidates[i].name = argv[i + 1];
candidates[i].votes = 0;
}
int voter_count = get_int("Number of voters: ");
// Loop over all voters
for (int i = 0; i < voter_count; i++)
{
string name = get_string("Vote: ");
// Check for invalid vote
if (!vote(name))
{
printf("Invalid vote.\n");
}
}
// Display winner of election
print_winner();
}
// Update vote totals given a new vote
bool vote(string name) // this is the part *** im confused about
{
// TODO
//printf("%s\n", name);
//printf("%s\n", candidates[0].name);
for (int j = 0; j < sizeof(candidates); j++)
{
if (candidates[j].name == name)
{
candidates[j].votes = candidates[j].votes + 1;
return true;
}
}
printf("%i\n", candidates[0].votes);
return false;
}
// Print the winner (or winners) of the election
void print_winner(void)
{
// TODO
return;
}
Printing multiple times and using a while loop however using a while loop led to the problem of having a name not in the candidates array at all and therefore running infinitely.