UMBC CMSC 104

CMSC104, Spring 2006
Programming Project 3
Parking Lot

Out: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Due: Thursday, May 4, 2006 before 11:59 p.m.

The Objective

This project is designed to give you practice working with functions. It will also give you more practice working with while loops and switch statements.

The Background

Bubba's Parking Lot has been in business for the past 10 years. Over the years, Bubba has changed his system for producing customer receipts many times. Currently, he simply uses a cash register and his employees must figure out each customer's time spent in the parking lot by hand. Ugh! Finally, Bubba has decided he wants to move to a computer-based software program for producing receipts. You have been chosen to implement the software. The design specifications are given below.

The Task

Your job is to write a program that will print receipts for customers parking in Bubba's Parking Lot. The receipt should include the time the customer entered the lot, the time he or she left the lot, the total amount of hours spent in the lot (rounded up to the nearest hour), and the total charge for parking. You should prompt the user to enter the type of vehicle. The vehicle types allowed to park in the lot are cars, buses and trucks. In an effort to encourage people to park for a short period of time, two different hourly rates are used for each type of vehicle. Below is a chart listing the rates for each vehicle:

Type    First Rate        Second Rate
        First 3 Hrs       After 3 Hrs

Car      $0.00/Hr         $1.50/Hr
Truck    $1.00/Hr         $2.30/Hr
Bus      $2.00/Hr         $3.70/Hr

The functions you will write, in addition to the main function, are:

void PrintGreeting (void); - This function prints an explanation of the program to the user. You should assume the user knows nothing about the program and give a detailed explanation.
int GetValidInt (int min, int max); - This function reads an integer from the user and checks to make sure it is in the range min to max, inclusive.
int CalculateTime (int startHour, int startMin, int endHour, int endMin); - This function determines the total time spent in the lot. There are no partial hour charges, so you should round the number up to the nearest hour.
float CalculateTotalCharge (int totalHours, float firstRate, float secondRate); - This function calculates the total charge based on the number of hours spent in the lot. It takes the total hours, the rate for parking less than 3 hours and the rate for parking more than three hours.
void PrintReceipt(int startHour, int startMin, int endHour, int endMin, int totalHours, float totalCharge, char vehicleType); This function prints a receipt to the screen. It should list the type of car, the time the vehicle entered the lot, the time the vehicle left the lot, the total amount of hours (rounded) and the total charge. It does not have to match the sample output exactly but should be formatted nicely. You should print the hour and minute with a leading 0 if it is a single digit. For example, if the user entered 2 as the hour and 7 as the minute, it should be displayed as 02:07.

You must use the function prototypes as they are given and may not change them in any way. You may use additional functions if you wish.

More Details

You should use the following symbolic constants:

#define  HOUR_MIN          0 
#define  HOUR_MAX          23
#define  MINUTE_MIN        0
#define  MINUTE_MAX        59
#define  HOURS_FIRST_RATE  3
#define  CAR_FIRST_RATE    0.00
#define  CAR_SECOND_RATE   1.50
#define  TRUCK_FIRST_RATE  1.00
#define  TRUCK_SECOND_RATE 2.30
#define  BUS_FIRST_RATE    2.00
#define  BUS_SECOND_RATE   3.70

You may assume that the end time the user enters will be greater than the start time. You may also assume that the customer will not remain in the lot later than midnight.
You should allow the user to enter either uppercase or lowercase letters for the type of vehicle.

Sample Output

linux3[1]% a.out

[Your greeting goes here.]

What is the type of vehicle?
Please enter 'C' for car, 'T' for truck or 'B' for bus: C

What is the hour the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 10

What is the minute the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 30

What is the hour the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 16

What is the minute the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 0

-----------------------------
 BUBBA'S PARKING LOT RECEIPT

Type of vehicle: Car

Time-in:            10 : 30
Time-out:           16 : 00
                  ---------
Rounded Hours             6
                  ---------
Total Charge           4.50

     Have a nice day!
-----------------------------

linux3[2]% a.out

[Your greeting goes here.]

What is the type of vehicle?
Please enter 'C' for car, 'T' for truck or 'B' for bus: t

What is the hour the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 8

What is the minute the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 15

What is the hour the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 12

What is the minute the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 30

-----------------------------
 BUBBA'S PARKING LOT RECEIPT

Type of vehicle: Truck

Time-in:            08 : 15
Time-out:           12 : 30
                  ---------
Rounded Hours             5
                  ---------
Total Charge           7.60

     Have a nice day!
-----------------------------

linux3[3]% a.out

[Your greeting goes here.]

What is the type of vehicle?
Please enter 'C' for Car, 'T' for truck or 'B' for bus: F
You must either enter 'C' for Car, 'T' for Truck or 'B' for Bus.
Please try again: f
You must either enter 'C' for Car, 'T' for Truck or 'B' for Bus.
Please try again: B

What is the hour the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 100
The number must be between 0 and 23.
Please enter another number: -3
The number must be between 0 and 23.
Please enter another number: 2

What is the minute the vehicle entered the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 70
The number must be between 0 and 59.
Please enter another number: 6

What is the hour the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 23: 9

What is the minute the vehicle left the lot?
Please enter a number between 0 and 59: 0

-----------------------------
 BUBBA'S PARKING LOT RECEIPT

Type of vehicle: Bus

Time-in:            02 : 06
Time-out:           09 : 00
                  ---------
Rounded Hours             7
                  ---------
Total Charge          20.80

     Have a nice day!
-----------------------------

Submitting the Program

Here is a sample submission command. Note that the project name starts with uppercase 'P'.

submit cs104 Proj3 proj3.c

To verify that your project was submitted, you can execute the following command at the Unix prompt. It will show the file that you submitted in a format similar to the Unix 'ls' command.

submitls cs104 Proj3