Question

IN C++
Create a single function. and pass in a integer which is the the planet number. 1 will be Mercury and 9 will be Pluto, etc. Return via reference the planet name, planet weight ( or mass ) in kg, and the distance from the sun in km. Please create a nice looking table with headings and show the 9 planets.

Here is an example of the first 4 planets in the table. You will need to add in the next 5.

Planet Planet Planet
Name Mass (kg) Distance
  to the
   Sun (km)

Mercury 3.3e+23 57910
Venus 4.87e+24 108200
Earth 5.98e+24 149600
Mars 6.42e+23 227940

Answer 1

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

struct Planet{

   string name;

   double weight;

   int distane;

};

Planet p[9] = {};

Planet& setPlanet(int i)

{ return p[i]; }

int main()

{

Planet solarSystem[9] = {

    {"Mercury", 3.3e+23, 57910},

    {"Venus", 4.87e+24, 108200},

    {"Earth", 5.98e+24, 149600},

    {"Mars", 6.42e+23, 227940},

    {"Jupiter", 1.9e+27, 778547},

    {"Saturn", 5.7e+26 , 1434000},

    {"Uranus", 8.7e+25, 2871000},

    {"Neptune", 1.1e+26, 4495000},

    {"Pluto",1.4e+22 , 5906380}

};

int i;

cout << "Enter a planet number 1 to 9 or any other number to quit: ";

cin >> i;

while((i > 0) && (i < 10))

{

    setPlanet(i-1) = solarSystem[i-1];

    cout << "Planet Name: " << p[i-1].name;

    cout << "\nPlanet Weight in KGs: " << p[i-1].weight;

    cout << "\nPlanet distance: " << p[i-1].distane;

    cout << "\n\nEnter a planet number 1 to 9 or any other number to quit: ";

    cin >> i;

}

return 0;

}

Output: