Assignment 4  Program Design

Assignment 4
 Program Design

Blue font represents a variable
Red font represents a constant
Green font represents a function
1. In this assignment you are given the task to complete a simple messenger program. This
assignment will evaluate your knowledge in program design and structures.
You are provided with 3 files: User.h User.c and main.c .
You are to modify only User.c .
User.h defines 3 structures and 10 functions. You are to complete the function definitions
in User.c .
There are a total of 10 users and each of the users is stored in an array called users[]
defined in User.h. The id variable in User represents the index of that user inside the
users[] array.
- The verify_date() function returns 1 if the date is correct, otherwise it returns 0. The
year must be between 1900 and 2013, the month has to be between 1 and 12. The day
depends on the month and should be validated accordingly (for February assume 28
days).
- The verify_name() function converts the name to lower cases and returns 1 only if there
are only letters in the name (first_name and last_name). If there are any other characters
besides letters the function returns 0.
- The verify_username() function returns 1 only if there are only letters and numbers in
the username. If there are any other characters besides letters and/or numbers the
function returns 0.
- verify_user_data() function returns 1 only all of the above verification functions return
1. The verify_user_data() also prints "ERROR: Date of birth" and/or "ERROR: First
name" and/or "ERROR: Last name" and/or "ERROR: Username" in case there are
verification errors.
- The create_date() function creates a Date structure.
- The create_msg() function creates a Message structure.
- The create_user() function creates a user. If there are verification errors then the valid
variable in the user structure is set to 0, otherwise it is set to 1.
- The show_user_info() function prints the user info. The format should be:
\t\t\tUser info:
\t\t\tDate of birth: [month]/[day]/[year]
\t\t\tHeight: [height]
\t\t\tWeight: [weight]
\t\t\tFirst Name: [first_name]
\t\t\tLast Name: [last_name]
\t\t\tUsername: [username]
\t\t\tEmail: [email]
The “\t\t\t” means that there needs to be 3 tab spaces in each line. [month], [day] and
[year] are part of the Date structure of the User. [height], [weight], [first_name], [last_name],
[username], [email] are part of the User structure.
- The send_message() function sends a message form user with user id _sender to user with
user id _receiver by changing the message variable in the user with user id _receiver. The
Message structure has two variables. The from variable represents the username of the user with
user id _sender, and the content variable is the content of the message.
- The read_message() function prints the message content from the user with user id
_user_id. The format should be:
\t\t\t[content]
The “\t\t\t” means that there needs to be 3 tab spaces in the line and [content] is the message
content of the user with user id _user_id
EXTRA CREDIT (10 points):
-The verify_email() function returns 1 if the email format is valid. A valid email format
should be username@mail.usf.edu where username can contain only letters and numbers.
Files:
You are provided with the files:
User.c
User.h
main.c
Makefile.
You are to complete the functions in User.c
You are NOT to modify User.h
You can use main.c to test the correctness of the functions.
Grading:
Your code will be tested with 9 regular test case inputs (10 points each) and 2
special test case inputs (5 points each)
Submission:
Submission should be done only through Blackboard. Submit only User.c
Compiling and testing:
To compile your file make sure all of the files are in the same directory. Type
“make --always-make” in the terminal in the directory of the files. If there
are no compilation errors a main executable will be created.
To test your program run “./main” from the terminal in the directory of the
files.