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In this assignment, you will enhance your previous application by integrating dynamic memory allocation to manage product data during runtime. Your program initially handled a static list of products and quantities, but this version will request memory allocation based on user input, making it more flexible and efficient. The core functionality remains the same: listing available products, allowing customer selection, saving order details, calculating prices, and releasing memory after processing.

Paper For Above instruction

The evolution from static arrays to dynamic memory allocation in C++ is an essential skill for creating flexible and efficient applications. In this paper, we explore how to implement a product ordering system that employs dynamic memory to manage product names and quantities, allowing for more adaptable use of memory during program execution.

Initially, the program defines array of pointers to strings for product names and an array of integers for quantities. The key difference lies in the use of dynamic memory management functions—namely, new and delete—which allocate memory during runtime based on user input, rather than compile-time fixed sizes.

Design and Implementation

The first step involves prompting the user to specify the number of products they want to include in the system. Once the number is known, the program dynamically allocates memory for the array of product pointers, productNames. Each product name, being a string, is allocated memory based on the length of the product name entered, using the strlen function to determine its size and new to allocate sufficient space, including room for the null terminator.

Simultaneously, a dynamic array of integers, productQuantities, is allocated to store the quantities for each product. These quantities are read from user input and stored directly into the allocated array.

Processing User Input and Storage

The program displays a list of available products, with indices and corresponding names, asking the user to select products and specify quantities. For each product selection, the program checks whether the input is valid, then prompts the user for the quantity. The entered product name is stored in dynamically allocated memory, ensuring that each string matches the length of the user input. The quantities are stored in the dynamically allocated array, synchronized with the product names' indices.

Order Summary and Price Calculation

After all product selections are made, the program compiles and displays an order summary. It reads through the product and quantity arrays, printing each product’s name, the quantity ordered, and calculating the total price for that product based on predefined unit prices. To facilitate this, the program maintains a list of unit prices corresponding to each product or prompts the user to input prices dynamically during the setup.

Finally, the program calculates and displays the total cost for the entire order by summing all individual product totals.

Memory Deallocation

Critical to dynamic memory management is the deallocation of all allocated space after use to prevent memory leaks. The program iterates through the array of product pointers, deallocating each string with delete[], then deallocates the pointer array itself. The quantity array is also freed using delete[].

Implementation Example

An example implementation includes prompting for the number of products, reading each product name, allocating memory dynamically, and recording quantities. The code snippet below illustrates these steps:

int numProducts;


cout << "Enter number of products: ";


cin >> numProducts;


string *productNames = new string[numProducts];


int *productQuantities = new int[numProducts];


for (int i=0; i<numProducts; i++) {


cout << "Enter name of product " << i+1 << ": ";


string tempName;


getline(cin, tempName);


size_t length = tempName.length();


productNames[i] = new string[length+1]; // allocate exact size


strcpy(&(*productNames[i])[0], tempName.c_str()); // copy string


cout << "Enter quantity: ";


cin >> productQuantities[i];


}

This approach ensures each product name is stored in dynamically allocated memory tailored to its size, and quantities are efficiently stored in a dynamic array.

Conclusion

Utilizing dynamic memory allocation in C++ significantly enhances the flexibility and scalability of applications managing variable-sized data collections. Proper implementation—including cautious memory allocation and deallocation—ensures a robust, efficient program capable of handling real-world product lists that may vary in size. This method is integral to developing advanced C++ applications that require dynamic data management and resource optimization.

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