13-01-2000 16:32									#1
	heres a new prog, with better stuff than the last i gave you-nimrod Support Apolyton

program displaymag;
uses crt;
var magnam :string;
exit :boolean;
option :integer;
name :array[1..20] of string;
price :array[1..20] of real;
mag :text;
key :char;
pointer :integer;
nomags :integer;

procedure readfile;
begin
assign(mag,'mfile.dat');
reset(mag);
pointer:=1;
readln(mag,name[pointer]);
while not eof(mag) do
begin
readln(mag,price[pointer]);
pointer:=pointer+1;
readln(mag,name[pointer]);
end;
nomags:=pointer-1;
end;

procedure display;
begin
writeln('Please enter the name of the magazine');
readln(magnam);
for pointer:=1 to nomags do
begin
if name[pointer]=magnam then
begin
writeln(name[pointer],' costs ',price[pointer]:6:2);
key:=readkey;
end;
end;
end;

procedure displayall;
begin
clrscr;
pointer:=1;
for pointer:=1 to nomags do
begin
writeln('name ',name[pointer],' price ',price[pointer]:6:2);
end;
key:=readkey;
end;

procedure menu;
begin
writeln('`1` Display All Magazines');
writeln('`2` Display Selected Magazine');
writeln('`3` Exit');
readln(option);
case option of
1: begin
displayall;
end;

2: begin
display;
end;

3: begin
exit:=true;
end;
end;
clrscr;
end;

{main program}
begin
clrscr;
readfile;
repeat
menu;
until exit;
end.

	13-01-2000 17:16									#2
	Inflate your Upload Space

Can I suggest you return to Sketching ?

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

	13-01-2000 19:51									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

What the hell are you talking about?

	13-01-2000 20:39									#4
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

On the assumption that a Systems Analyst can read Borland Pascal, it appears you mean me.

The thread author is "Boz", Dickens wrote a book entitled "Sketches by Boz" hence my suggestion that sketching would perhaps be more suited to a CIV forum than a magazine price look-up table. Although I must admit it would not be much more suited...

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

	13-01-2000 20:49									#5
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

SG - An analyst, not a programmer. I was referring to the glop of stuff at the top of the page. I would never insult a Scouse Git. There are too many of you!