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    copied!<p>I want to fill in the third parameter for each array of the structure employeeData (hours).</p> <p>I would want to prompt for manual input to the hours section by asking "Please input the hours for employee x" like shown below. It doesn't seem to work though.</p> <pre><code>void Get_input (long id_number[], float hours[], int num_empl) { /*Local Variable Declaration */ int i; /* Variable used in loop counter */ /* Gets number of employee hours and stores them in an array. */ for (i = 0; i &lt; num_empl; ++i) { printf("\nEnter the numbers of hours worked by employee # %06li: ", employeeData[i].id_number); scanf ("%f", &amp;employeeData[i].hours); } printf("\n\n"); } </code></pre> <p>Here is my full "program" so far:</p> <pre><code>/*Define and Includes */ #include &lt;stdio.h&gt; #include &lt;cstdlib&gt; /* Define Constants */ #define NUM_EMPL 5 #define OVERTIME_RATE 1.5f #define STD_WORK_WEEK 40f /* Define a global structure to pass employee data between functions */ struct employee { long id_number; float wage; float hours; float overtime; float gross; }; /* define prototypes here for each function except main */ /************************************************************************/ /* Function: Get_input */ /* */ /* Purpose: Obtains input from user, the number of hours worked per */ /* employee and stores the results in an array that is */ /* passed back to the calling program by reference. */ /* */ /* Parameters: clockNum- Array of employee clock numbers. */ /* hours- Array of number of hours worked by an employee */ /* size- Number of employees to process */ /* */ /* Returns: Nothing, since 'clockNum' &amp; 'hours' arrays are passed by */ /* reference. */ /************************************************************************/ void Get_input (long id_number[], float hours[], int num_empl) { /*Local Variable Declaration */ int i; /* Variable used in loop counter */ /* Gets number of employee hours and stores them in an array. */ for (i = 0; i &lt; num_empl; ++i) { printf("\nEnter the numbers of hours worked by employee # %06li: ", employeeData[i].id_number); scanf ("%f", &amp;employeeData[i].hours); } printf("\n\n"); } void Output_results_screen (struct employee [ ], int num_empl); /************************************************************************* ** Function: Output_results_screen ** ** Purpose: Outputs to screen in a table format the following ** information about an employee: Clock, Wage, ** Hours, Overtime, and Gross Pay. ** ** Parameters: employeeData - an array of structures containing ** employee information ** size - number of employees to process ** ** Returns: Nothing (void) ** *************************************************************************/ void Output_results_screen ( struct employee employeeData[], int num_empl ) { int i; /* loop index */ printf ("-----------------------------------------\n"); /*Print Header To Screen */ printf ("Clock# \t Wage \t Hours \t OT \t Gross\n"); printf ("-----------------------------------------\n"); /* printf information about each employee */ for (i = 0; i &lt; num_empl ; ++i) { printf("%06li %5.2f %4.1f %4.1f %8.2f \n", employeeData[i].id_number, employeeData[i].wage, employeeData[i].hours, employeeData[i].overtime, employeeData[i].gross); } /* for */ } /* Output_results_screen */ int main () { /* Variable Declaration and initialization */ struct employee employeeData[NUM_EMPL] = { { 98401, 10.60 }, { 526488, 9.75 }, { 765349, 10.50 }, { 34645, 12.25 }, { 127615, 8.35 } }; /* Call various functions needed to reading, calculating, and printing as needed */ /* Function call to get input from user. */ Get_input (id_number, hours, NUM_EMPL); /* Function call to output results to the screen in table format. */ Output_results_screen (employeeData, NUM_EMPL); system("pause"); return(0); /* success */ } /* main */ </code></pre>
 

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