C / C++ / MFC

BOOL bErrorFound = FALSE;<br />
// First check the fixed characters<br />
if (dateString[4] != '-' || dateString[7] != '-' ||<br />
dateString[10] != 'T' || dateString[13] != ':' ||<br />
dateString[16] != ':' || strlen(dateString) != 20)<br />
bErrorFound = TRUE;<br />
else<br />
{<br />
// OK so far - now check each component individually<br />
// convert dateString[0] to dateString[3] to a number, check it is the range 1990 to 2050 - if not, bErrorFound = TRUE<br />
// convert dateString[5] to dateString[6] to a number, check it is the range 1 to 12 - if not, bErrorFound = TRUE<br />
// convert dateString[8] to dateString[9] to a number, check it is the range 1 to 31 - if not, bErrorFound = TRUE<br />
// If you want to be fussy, check that Apr, Jun, Sept, Nov are 1 to 30, Feb is 1 to 28 or 1 to 29<br />
// And so on for the time values<br />
}<br />
<br />
if (bErrorFound)<br />
giveMessage("bad Format String");<br />
else<br />
giveMessage("nice String");

int firstyear = 1980;  <br />
int lastyear = 1985;   <br />
/* where both firstyear and lastyear are not constants*/<br />
<br />
int myarray(fistyear,lastyear)<br />
/* I know that this is wrong in the regular way to declare an array but this is what I'm looking for.<br />
So that I can access it in any of the following ways */<br />
<br />
myarray[1981] = 6789;<br />
myarray[1983] = 3482;

for(int i = firstyear; i <= lastyear; i++)<br />
{<br />
  myarray[i];<br />
}

const int size = 6;<br />
int myarray[6];<br />
myarray[1] = 6789;<br />
myarray[3] = 3842;<br />
<br />
// or<br />
<br />
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)<br />
{<br />
  myarray[i];<br />
}<br />

int i;<br />
for (i = 1980; i < 1985; i++)<br />
{<br />
array[i-1980] = 6370; //assigns 6370 to all elements.<br />
}

i = 1981;<br />
array[i-1980] = 200;//puts value at index 1<br />
i = 1985;<br />
array[i-1980] = 220;//puts value at index 5

<br />
// define the container -- key is int, value is int:<br />
std::map<int,int> myArray;<br />
<br />
// you can make arbitrary assignments:<br />
myArray[1981] = 6789;<br />
myArray[1983] = 3482;<br />
<br />
// or work in a loop, such as:<br />
for ( std::map<int,int>::iterator iter = myArray.begin(); iter != myArray.end(); ++iter )<br />
{<br />
  int key = (*iter).first;<br />
  int value = (*iter).second;<br />
<br />
  printf( "myArray[%d] = %d\n"), key, value );<br />
} <br />

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Peter Weyzen<br />
Staff Engineer<br />
<A HREF="http://www.soonr.com">SoonR Inc.</A>

std::map< int, std::vector< int > > mapYearWithVector;