So I am at the end of this course and I have to do a final project which is a program that consists of File I/O, Selection, Repetition, User-defined functions, arrays and strings. Any ideas of what I should do? I was thinking about a program that would help me keep track of my degree progress or maybe even something that i could use to inventory items. Any other suggestions?

There are a ton of projects you could do that would use all those in the same project...

1) Inventory/DVD rental store tracking system
2) Reservation system for flights, buses, trains etc
3) Student registration and tracking for a school (like GPA, courses, grades etc)
4) Amortization schedules, mortgage calculations, interest rates on loans etc
5) Poker, dice or blackjack game
6) Chess game (yes you can do it through a console program)
7) Simple chat program or messaging system. I did one of these with the chess game as well so I could chat with my opponent and talk trash.
8) File manager where you could feed it commands to move, rename, delete files, edit text files etc
9) Banking system where you keep track of checking accounts, savings accounts and portfolios
10) Create an IRC bot that connects to an IRC network, joins channels, automates tasks etc.

These are just a few ideas. All different levels of complexity and some are nice to tinker with and some are fun. Almost all can be made to fit to your criteria and also present their own complexities and subtleties.

Hope one of them sounds like something you would be interested in.

I've done this one in highschool for my grade 11 project

All of Martyr's ideas are great, they will encompass everything you are looking or and allow you to be as general or involved in the project as you see fit. If you are able to create a program that serves as a grade and is useful in the end that would be a bonus. Except for a game I designed in my first year of univ, I've yet to reuse anything I've written for classes thus far.

You could program an amortization calculator for mortgage brokers to use. Or what would be more pratical and involves every principle that you outlined is a calendar. You can program a calendar that will output the year, month, day, and even time. The output date can also be in any format you or the user desire. There are countless examples of this project found on the internet. I actually programmed one in my freshman year of college and haven't stopped using it since then.

I don't have any specifc suggestions, but you could be nice and find something on http://www.donationcoder.com/ to program.

Thanks for everyones response, I am going to look into some of the things mentioned and let you all know how it goes. I may need help down the road.

THX ^__^

So far this is what I have for an already should be done project that somehow came up missing from my harddrive. Any suggestions welcome on what will help me.
What I need to do:
In this assignment, you will flowchart and write a computer program that uses the following structures from the C++ programming language:

File I/O
Selection
Repetition
User- defined functions
Arrays and strings
Your program should demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of the programming structures and how to use them.



I am sooo stuck now....like I said I am starting from scratch since I lost the other program and now have to start over... ;( dont know what to do but if i dont turn something in I might fail the class.