I'm writing a program that reads student grade whether it was a char
or an int
and store it in a union
, then it prints the students whose grades are A
or >90.
But when I try to do that I get an unexpected output because the program doesn't know which one (the char or the int) I want to compare.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
union StuGrade {
char charGrade;
int intGrade;
};
struct Student {
int ID;
int typeOfGrade;
union StuGrade grade;
};
int main () {
const int size = 5;
struct Student *sList[size];
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
sList[i] = (struct Student *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct Student));
if (!sList[i]) {
puts("Error allocating memory");
return 1;
}
printf("Enter ID: ");
scanf("%d", &(sList[i]->ID));
printf("0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: ");
scanf("%d", &(sList[i]->typeOfGrade));
if (sList[i]->typeOfGrade) {
printf("Enter an int grade: ");
scanf("%d", &(sList[i]->grade.intGrade));
} else {
printf("Enter a char grade: ");
scanf(" %c", &(sList[i]->grade.charGrade));
}
} //end for loop
printf("\n***Student(s) who take grade 'A' is/are***\n");
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (sList[i]->grade.charGrade == 'A')
printf("ID: %d \nGrade: %c \n", sList[i]->ID, sList[i]->grade.charGrade);
else if (sList[i]->grade.intGrade >= 90)
printf("ID: %d \nGrade: %d \n", sList[i]->ID, sList[i]->grade.intGrade);
}
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
free(sList[i]);
return 0;
}
And this is the output:
Enter ID: 1
0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: 0
Enter a char grade: A
Enter ID: 2
0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: 0
Enter a char grade: b
Enter ID: 3
0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: 1
Enter an int grade: 99
Enter ID: 4
0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: 1
Enter an int grade: 84
Enter ID: 5
0 for char grade or 1 for int grade: 1
Enter an int grade: 65
***Student(s) who take grade 'A' is/are***
ID: 1
Grade: A
ID: 2
Grade: 98
ID: 3
Grade: 99
ID: 5
Grade: A
Use the type of grade in the comparison:
if (sList[i]->typeOfGrade == 0 && sList[i]->grade.charGrade == 'A')
printf("ID: %d \nGrade: %c \n", sList[i]->ID, sList[i]->grade.charGrade);
else if (sList[i]->typeOfGrade == 1 && sList[i]->grade.intGrade >= 90)
printf("ID: %d \nGrade: %d \n", sList[i]->ID, sList[i]->grade.intGrade);