hi, ive made some modifications for this code but also need some help:
basically i am using this code for my project which has these instrutions:
First step will have a menu-driven system
- Create a menu in an endless while loop.
- Selection of a menu item is to be in a switch statement.
- Each number in the menu will list an item for sale, insert coins, and change return
- when "insert money" (one of your menu items) is selected, go to a method, insertMoney(), to insert a coin and update the amount of credit in the machine, and increment each coin inserted.
When an item is selected in your switch statement to buy
- checks to see if enough money was deposited
- checks to see if item is not sold out
- dispense item
- decrement that particular item count variable from the machine
- for this part of the project, do not give the customer's change until they select "change return" from the menu
vend() - create 2 vend methods (i.e. overloaded methods). One will take a
String as an argument and one will take an int
- if the item is sold out, (in other words the else part of the check) pass a string to the vend() method and have it print out the "sold out" message.
- if the item is not sold out, pass the cost of the item being sold to the vend() method and have it decrement the credit the customer has in the machine.
2 switches are recommended -
4 global variables
credit - amount of total money the customer has in the machine
nickels
dimes
quarters
insertMoney() method - this will ask the customer to insert coins. Have a switch-case nickel, dime, quarter, dollar bill and add each denomination to the credit variable
changeReturn() NON-STATIC method - this will be called when the customer wants change. You will pass it nothing, give it the appropriate amount of quarters, dimes, and nickels (no dollars). It will return a string with nothing in it if everything is fine. However, if you run out of a certain coin, short-change the customer, put his credit at zero, and return a String from the changeReturn method to be displayed by the calling method. The String being returned from changeReturn() should inform the customer he's just been swindled.
// example of an item which has been out of stock since the late 1970's
Credit: $0.0
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection: 3
Please insert more money for this item.
// example of giving change
Credit: $0.75
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection: 4
Amount owed to you: $0.75
Coins returned to you:
quarters: 3
dimes: 0
nickels: 0
Credit: $0.00
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection:
// example of inserting money
Credit: $0.0
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection: 0
1. Insert nickel
2. Insert dime
3. Insert quarter
4. Insert dollar bill
3
Credit: $0.25
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection:
// example of the machine ripping off the customer if there are not enough quarters
Credit: $0.75
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection: 4
Ammount owed to you: $0.75
Coins returned to you:
quarters: 2
dimes: 0
nickels: 0
Not enough changed returned to you, TOO BAD!
Credit: $0.00
0. Insert Money
1. Twix .95 cents
2. Snickers $1.00
3. Marathon Bar .25 cents
4. Change Return
Selection:
if someone could help me accomplish the instructions id greatly appreciate it! Thank you