WhileLoopFlagControlledDEMO.cpp

//************************************************************************
// Author: Rolando Carreon
// Date: feb 20 2025
// Language: C++
// Assignment: WhileLoopFlagControlledDEMO
// Description: get the number of steps for multiple days, calculate the average
//              daily steps and provide the user feedback.
//************************************************************************

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // declare local variables //
    int stepsPerDay = -1;
    int totalSteps = 0;
    int dayNumber = 0;
    float stepsAverage = 0.0;
    bool doAgain = true;  // the loop control variable (LCV)
    
    // continue getting daily steps till the user enters 0 , and the
    // flag changes to false
    while(doAgain)
    {
        cout << "Enter the steps for day " << dayNumber + 1
                    << " or 0 to quit: ";
        cin >> stepsPerDay;
               
               // check if the user entered a positive number of steps //
            if(stepsPerDay > 0)
            {
                   totalSteps += stepsPerDay;
                   dayNumber++; // go to the next day
                // doAgain = true;   unessecary operation
            }
            else  // 0 or less entered by user
                doAgain = false; // set the LCV to false
               
    }
    
    //check to make sure the user entered at least on days
    // worth of steps, which means dayNumber is 1 or greater
    if(dayNumber != 0 )
    {
            
            // calculate the average steps
            // static cast to a float
            stepsAverage = static_cast<float>(totalSteps) / dayNumber;
            
            // display the average steps
        cout << "Your daily steps average is " << stepsAverage << endl;
            
            // provide the user feedback based on the average daily steps //
            // curly braces not needed if its just one statment
            if(stepsAverage >= 7500)
                cout << "Great Job - you are getting yout steps in!\n";
            else
                cout << "Looks like you need to do some more walking!\n";
    }
    else
        cout << "You didn't enter any data.\n";
        
        cout << endl;
        
    
    
    return 0;
    
}