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The document discusses C code for defining a date structure, reading and validating dates, comparing two dates, and displaying dates in different formats. Functions are defined to read and validate a date by checking the day, month, and year values, display a date in various formats, and compare two dates by checking the year, month, and day values.

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Worksheet 3 Functions and Structures Solution

The document discusses C code for defining a date structure, reading and validating dates, comparing two dates, and displaying dates in different formats. Functions are defined to read and validate a date by checking the day, month, and year values, display a date in various formats, and compare two dates by checking the year, month, and day values.

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Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem - Faculty of Exact Sciences and Computer Science

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science - Mathematics and Computer Science L1 (2023-2024)
Data Structures and Algorithms 2
Worksheet No.3: Subprograms - Functions and Procedures (Solution)
Exercise 1:
#include <stdio.h>

// Type declaration
typedef struct
{
int day, month, year;
} date;

// Prototypes

void readDate(date *);


void displayDate(date *, int);
int compareDates(date *, date *);

void readDate(date *d)


// Reads and verifies a date (day, month, year)
{
int leapYearCheck;
while (1)
{
// Date input
printf("\n Day: ");
scanf("%d", &d->day);
printf("\n Month: ");
scanf("%d", &d->month);
printf("\n Year: ");
scanf("%d", &d->year);

// Year validation
if ((d->year <= 1990) || (d->year > 2100))
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect year!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}

// Month validation
if ((d->month < 1) || (d->month > 12))
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect month!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}

// Day validation
if ((d->day < 1) || (d->day > 31))
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect day!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}

switch (d->month)
{
case 4:
case 6:
case 9:
case 11:
if (d->day > 30)
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect day!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}
break;
case 2:
if (d->day > 29)
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect day!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}
leapYearCheck = d->year % 4;
if ((leapYearCheck != 0) && (d->day > 28))
{
printf("\n \7 Incorrect day!!, Please retry ");
continue;
}
break;
}
break;
}
}
void displayDate(date *d, int format)
// Displays a date according to the specified format
{
switch (format)
{
case 1:
printf(" %d - %d - %d", d->day, d->month, d->year);
break;
case 2:
printf(" %d - %d - %d", d->month, d->day, d->year);
break;
}
}

int compareDates(date *d1, date *d2)


// Compares two dates
// Returns "+1", "-1", or "0"
{
int diff;

// Compare the years


diff = d1->year - d2->year;
if (diff > 0)
return 1;
if (diff < 0)
return -1;

// Compare the months


diff = d1->month - d2->month;
if (diff > 0)
return 1;
if (diff < 0)
return -1;

// Compare the days


diff = d1->day - d2->day;
if (diff > 0)
return 1;
if (diff < 0)
return -1;

return 0;
}
int main()
{
date date1, date2;
int comparisonResult;

// Reading two date structures


printf("\nEnter the first date: ");
readDate(&date1);

printf("\nEnter the second date: ");


readDate(&date2);

// Comparing the dates


comparisonResult = compareDates(&date1, &date2);

printf("\nThe date: ");


displayDate(&date1, 1);

if (comparisonResult == 1)
printf(", is after the date: ");
else if (comparisonResult == -1)
printf(", is before the date: ");
else
printf(", is equal to the date: ");

displayDate(&date2, 1);

return 0;
}

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