I am trying to do a lottery with 6 numbers I have everything working but I wnat to sort the numbers like a standard lotto ticket. Where would the sort function go? Check my code and any help is greatly appreciated.
code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<time.h>
#define SIZE 6

void printArray(int a[], int s);
void fillArray(int a[], int s);

int main()
{
srand(time(NULL));

int array[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0};

fillArray(array, SIZE);
printArray(array, SIZE);

printf("\n\nEND PROGRAM\n");
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

void fillArray(int a[], int s)
{
for(int x=0; x<s; x++)
{
a[x] = (int) (rand()%53+1);

for(int y=0; y<x; y++)
{
if(a[y] == a[x])
{
a[x] = (int) (rand()%53+1);
x=-1;
}
}
}
}

void printArray(int a[], int s)
{

printf("\nPrinting the array\n");
for(int x=0; x<s; x++)
{

printf("%d ", a[x]);

}
printf("\n");
}

A: what is it doing now, and what would you expect/want it to do.

B: put your code inside code tags to keep it readable.

What would the sort function do?

I mean, obviously it's going to "sort" something, but what will it start with & what will the end result be?

This post has been edited by no2pencil: 7 Dec, 2007 - 05:04 AM

It generates 6 random numbers between 1 and 53. But they are not in order. That is what I am trying to accomplish.
[#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<time.h>
#define SIZE 6

void printArray(int a[], int s);
void fillArray(int a[], int s);

int main()
{
srand(time(NULL));

int array[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0};

fillArray(array, SIZE);
printArray(array, SIZE);

printf("\n\nEND PROGRAM\n");
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

void fillArray(int a[], int s)
{
for(int x=0; x<s; x++)
{
a[x] = (int) (rand()%53+1);

for(int y=0; y<x; y++)
{
if(a[y] == a[x])
{
a[x] = (int) (rand()%53+1);
x=-1;
}
}
}
}

void printArray(int a[], int s)
{

printf("\nPrinting the array\n");
for(int x=0; x<s; x++)
{

printf("%d ", a[x]);

}
printf("\n");
}]

Generating is not the same as sorting... I'm still a bit confused at what you want to sort.

btw

This post has been edited by no2pencil: 7 Dec, 2007 - 05:09 AM

The output is 6 random numbers. These numbers are from 1-53. I want them to be in ascending order i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6 not 6,4,3,1,2,5.

I would put the sort function in your printArray function, or apply it to the array just before calling printArray.

What would the code look like to do this? Thank you for your help.

I posted a link to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort_(C++) on the previous post, just in case you might ask =-P

Culd someone please just give me the code and were to put it. I have been trying to get this to work for almost a week and I want to be done with it. Please do not use cout or cin i do not know what they do. Thanks.