Question

Write a program compare.cpp that asks the user to input two dates (the beginning and the end of the interval). The program should check each day in the interval and report which basin had higher elevation on that day by printing “East” or “West”, or print “Equal” if both basins are at the same level.

Example:

$ ./compare
Enter starting date: 09/13/2018
Enter ending date: 09/17/2018

09/13/2018 West
09/14/2018 West
09/15/2018 West
09/16/2018 West
09/17/2018 West

Explanation:

Date	East (ft)	West (ft)
09/13/2018	581.94	582.66	West is higher
09/14/2018	581.8	582.32	West is higher
09/15/2018	581.62	581.94	West is higher
09/16/2018	581.42	581.55	West is higher
09/17/2018	581.16	581.2	West is higher

Answer 1

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#include<cstdlib>
#include<fstream>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {

    string startDate;
    cout << "Enter starting date: ";
    cin >> startDate;

    string endDate;
    cout << "Enter ending date: ";
    cin >> endDate;

    ifstream fin("Current_Reservoir_Levels.tsv");
    if (fin.fail()){
        cerr<<"File cannot be opened for reading."<<endl;
        exit(1);
    }

    string junk;
    getline(fin, junk);
    int dateRange = 0;

    string date;
    double eastSt, eastEl, westSt, westEl;
    while(fin >> date >> eastSt >> eastEl >> westSt >> westEl) {

        if(date == startDate){dateRange = 1;}
        if(date == endDate){dateRange = 0;}

        if(dateRange == 1){
            if (eastEl>westEl) {cout<< date <<" East "<<endl;}
            else if(eastEl<westEl){cout << date << " West "<<endl;}
            else {cout << date << " Equal "<<endl;}
        }
    }
    fin.close();
}

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