Student Profile Program

Overview: You’ll create a program that will use output formatting to create an informative program that tells facts about you.

Background:

cout << (pronounced see-out) - Similar to PRINT from QBASIC. Major difference is that PRINT goes to a new line unless you tell it otherwise. cout << only goes to new line with << endl;

getch(); - similar to the press any key method. Causes the program to stop until the user enters a character. Use it at the end of programs. Otherwise, they will close before you can view output.

Specifics:

Create a new file folder for this project called “Student Profile”

Create a project using C++ Builder.

Program code such that it displays a profile similar to the following:

Name and Grade:

Matt Offenbecker (12)

Hobbies / Interests / Activities:

I enjoy bowling, golf, downhill skiing, volleyball, and sports in general. I’m also a baseball nut. I play softball in the summer, but I’m really a baseball freak as far as watching the Tigers and just about any other club during the summer.

Academic Interests / Plans:

Right now, I’m going to school to get my Master’s degree in Business, with a concentration on Management Information Sytems. I’d like to teach this at a college (like Delta or SVSU) part time. I think MIS is interesting because so many businesses are beginning to use computer more to manage their business.

Reason For Taking C++:

I guess I’ll comment on why I teach it. Quite simply, I think there needs to be an avenue for all the computer junkies out there. I enjoyed computers when I was in high school and would have loved to be involved in the behind the scenes stuff. However, there’s a lot of critical thinking and problem solving that goes into designing programs. Programming helps foster those skills that are helpful in just about any area in life. Programming also helps so students understand how a computer works. All of the other computer classes help a student learn a software application, but programming is the only class that helps students understand how a computer program actually works.

Something Else Interesting:

I'm the advisor for the green club here at Western.

When complete, choose “Save Project As” and save the project in the folder you created. Call it “profile”.