WhileLoopSentinelControlledDEMO.cpp

//************************************************************************
// Author: Rolando Carreon
// Date: feb 20 2025
// Language: C++
// Assignment: WhileLoopSentinelControlledDEMO
// 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; // the loop control variable (LCV)
    float stepsAverage = 0.0;
    
// get daily steps from the user intiil the user enters 0
    //(sentinel value )
    while(stepsPerDay != 0)
    {
        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
        }
        
    }
    
//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;
}