Need advice about pointers and time elapsed program. How to fix invalid operands and cannot convert errors?
- by user1781382
I am trying to write a program that tells the difference between the two times the user inputs. I am not sure how to go about this. I get the errors :
Line 27|error: invalid operands of types 'int' and 'const MyTime*' to binary 'operator-'|
Line |39|error: cannot convert 'MyTime' to 'const MyTime*' for argument '1' to 'int DetermineElapsedTime(const MyTime*, const MyTime*)'|
I also need a lot of help in this problem. I don't have a good curriculum, and my class textbook is like cliffnotes for programming. This will be my last class at this university. The C++ teztbook I use(my own not for class) is Sam's C++ One hour a day.
#include <iostream>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<cstring>
using namespace std;
struct MyTime { int hours, minutes, seconds; };
int DetermineElapsedTime(const MyTime *t1, const MyTime *t2);
long t1, t2;
int DetermineElapsedTime(const MyTime *t1, const MyTime *t2)
{
return((int)t2-t1);
}
int main(void)
{
char delim1, delim2;
MyTime tm, tm2;
cout << "Input two formats for the time. Separate each with a space. Ex: hr:min:sec\n";
cin >> tm.hours >> delim1 >> tm.minutes >> delim2 >> tm.seconds;
cin >> tm2.hours >> delim1 >> tm2.minutes >> delim2 >> tm2.seconds;
DetermineElapsedTime(tm, tm2);
return 0;
}
I have to fix the errors first. Anyone have any ideas??
