Lab 6 - Using Output Parameters

Due - November 8/9, 2004

In this lab, you will write a program that uses pointers and functions with output parameters. Your program will ask the user for four integers, sort the integers, then print them in sorted order. Your program should have three functions. Function 1 should get the four integers from the user. Function 2 should sort the integers. Function 3 should print the results.
As you design your program, think carefully about which arguments will need to be passed as pointers, and which will not. An argument should only be passed as a pointer if the function will change the value.

Implementation Hints

Store your numbers in four integer variables, for example int_1 int_2 int_3 and int_4. Your sorting function should have a predefined order for the variables, and sort the numbers based upon that order. For example, in this case you might define the order by specifying that int_1 will hold the smallest number and int_4 will hold the largest number after sorting. In that case, you should rearrange the values of the variables such that the smallest number is stored in int_1, the next in int_2, and the largest in int_f.

Part 1 - Due - Monday, November 1, 2004 - 8:35AM

Submit a program design and series of test cases.

Part 2 - Due - November 8/9, 2004 - Beginning of Lab

Submit your completed code.
  1. Make sure that each function is well documented. Your documentation should specify the type and role of the input paramaters and ouput.
  2. Copy and paste the output of your program to the bottom of your program itself. Make sure the output is a comment. That means, put a /* before the output and a */ after the output.
Sami Rollins