Programming Assignment #7: Hardware Store Inventory
This programming assignment is described in exercise 11.12 on page
464 of your book. Note that the second sentence in the description
should read "Write a program that lets you initialize the file ...";
i.e, your program shouldn't initialize the database everytime you
run it.
Here is an example run:
> tools
Hardware Store Inventory Program by Alyssa P. Hacker
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 1
file not found error while reading tool database.
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 0
Initializing the tool database will erase any previous information
you might have stored in the database. Are you sure you want to do
this? yes
Tool database initialized.
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 1
Record # Tool Name Quantity Cost
-------- --------- -------- ----
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 3
Enter tool record number: 13
No such tool.
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 2
Enter new tool number: 3
Enter new tool name: Electric sander
Enter new tool quantity: 7
Enter new tool cost: 57.98
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 1
Record # Tool Name Quantity Cost
-------- --------- -------- ----
3 Electric sander 7 57.98
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 4
Enter tool number to update: 3
Do you want to change the tool's name? no
Enter new quantity of Electric sanders: 6
Enter new cost of Electric sanders: 49.95
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 5
Bye bye.
>
> tools
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 1
Record # Tool Name Quantity Cost
-------- --------- -------- ----
3 Electric sander 6 49.95
Type 0 to initialize tool database, 1 to list database, 2 to input
a new tool, 3 to delete a tool, 4 to update a tool's information, and
5 to quit: 5
Bye bye.