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How to do Zip code to bar code conversion?

Good morning everyone I am currently trying to complete my code that converts zip codes to bar codes. I need input on how to properly create the last digit which is a check digit. for the check digit, you must add up each individual value of the zip code and add a check digit that makes that value into a multiple of 10. for example 90210 is 9+0+2+1+0 = 12 so the check digit would be 8 to make a value of 20. This code functions great except that it improperly calculates the check digit, what am I missing here? I am completely stuck here and any advice would be great.

Code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>


int error;
char a [] = ":::||";
char b [] = "::|:|";
char c [] = "::||:";
char d [] = ":|::|";
char e [] = ":|:|:";
char f [] = ":||::";
char g [] = "|:::|";
char h [] = "|::|:";
char i [] = "|:|::";
char j [] = "||:::";
int digit1 = 0;
int digit2 = 0;
int digit3 = 0;
int digit4 = 0;
int digit5 = 0;
int digit6 = 0;
int temp1 = 0;

int main()
{
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std::cout << "Enter the zipcode! \n";
std::cin >> temp;

//The initial if statement determines if the number entered has more than 5 digits and decides which procedure to use
if (temp / 10000 > 9){
    temp1 = temp;

//Set each digit to a seperate variable
if (temp % 10 > 0){
    do{ 
    (temp1 = temp1 / 10);
    }
    while (temp1 / 10 > 0);
}
digit1 = temp1;

    temp1 = temp;
if (temp % 10 > 0){
    do{ 
    (temp1 = temp1 / 10);
    }
    while (temp1 / 10 > 10);
}
digit2 = temp1 - (digit1 * 10);

        temp1 = temp;
if (temp % 10 > 0){
    do{ 
    (temp1 = temp1 / 10);
    }
    while (temp1 / 10 > 100);
}
digit3 = temp1 - ((digit1 * 100)+(digit2*10));

    temp1 = temp;
if (temp % 10 > 0){
    do{ 
    (temp1 = temp1 / 10);
    }
    while (temp1 / 10 > 1000);
}
digit4 = temp1 - ((digit1 * 1000)+(digit2*100)+(digit3*10));

    temp1 = temp;
if (temp % 10 > 0){
    do{ 
    (temp1 = temp1 / 10);
    }
    while (temp1 / 10 > 10000);
}
digit5 = temp1 - ((digit1*10000)+(digit2*1000)+(digit3*100)+(digit4*10));


}else {
digit5 = temp % 10;
temp = temp / 10;
digit4 = temp % 10;
temp = temp / 10;
digit3 = temp % 10;
temp = temp / 10;
digit2 = temp % 10;
temp = temp / 10;
digit1 = temp % 10;}


//this portion checks to see if there are more than five digits and puts a boolean value into error accordingly
if ((temp / 10) > 0) error = 1;
else error = 0;
std::cout << "If the following value is the same as the first five digits of the value entered, the digit distribution worked properly.\n";
std::cout << digit1 << digit2 << digit3 << digit4 << digit5 << "\n";

//COnvert digits to barcodes
std::cout << "|";

if (digit1 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit1 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit1 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit1 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit1 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit1 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit1 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit1 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit1 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit1 == 0) std::cout << j;

if (digit2 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit2 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit2 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit2 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit2 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit2 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit2 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit2 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit2 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit2 == 0) std::cout << j;

if (digit3 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit3 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit3 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit3 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit3 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit3 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit3 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit3 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit3 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit3 == 0) std::cout << j;

if (digit4 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit4 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit4 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit4 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit4 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit4 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit4 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit4 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit4 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit4 == 0) std::cout << j;

if (digit5 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit5 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit5 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit5 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit5 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit5 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit5 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit5 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit5 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit5 == 0) std::cout << j;

//Check digit calculation

if (error == 0){
int temporary = digit1 + digit2 + digit3 + digit4 + digit5;
int temporary1 = temporary;
if (temporary % 10 != 1){
do {
    temporary1++;
}while (temporary1 % 10 != 1);
}
digit6 = temporary1 - temporary;

if (digit6 == 1) std::cout << a;
else if (digit6 == 2) std::cout << b;
else if (digit6 == 3) std::cout << c;
else if (digit6 == 4) std::cout << d;
else if (digit6 == 5) std::cout << e;
else if (digit6 == 6) std::cout << f;
else if (digit6 == 7) std::cout << g;
else if (digit6 == 8) std::cout << h;
else if (digit6 == 9) std::cout << i;
else if (digit6 == 0) std::cout << j;
}
else
    std::cout << "error - you entered more than 5 digits \n";

//lastly, the closing | for the barcode
std::cout << "| \n";

return 0;
}
Solution

  • Please, research look up tables. When converting, lookup tables are a blessing, especially simple array structures. 

    static const char barcodes[] =
{
  /* a */ ":::||",
  /* b */ "::|:|",
  /* c */ "::||:",
  /* d */ ":|::|",
  /* e */ ":|:|:",
  /* f */ ":||::",
  /* g */ "|:::|",
  /* h */ "|::|:",
  /* i */ "|:|::",
  /* j */ "||:::",
};

    To fetch the barcode for a letter: 

    char letter;
std::string barcode_string;

//...
if ((letter >= 'a') && (letter <= 'j'))
{
  unsigned int table_index = letter - 'a';
  barcode_string = barcodes[table_index];
}

    Sorry to simplify your code, but it was annoying for me to read.

    You can handle digits (as characters) in a similar manner: 

       table_index = digit_character - '0';

    If you want to handle integers,

    • use / 10 to shift the number to the right.
    • use % 10 to get the value of the right most digit.

    Put inside a for loop to handle many digits: 

    int number;
//...
while (number > 0)
{
  int digit = number % 10;
  std::string digit_barcode_text = digit_barcodes[digit];
  std::cout << digit_barcode_text "\n";
  // Shift number right
  number = number / 10;
}

    Note that the above loop processes the digits in the reverse order. You could push them onto a stack and then pop them out to reverse their order.

    I suggest treating the number as character digits, it's simpler.