Initialization

cv5/program.c

@@ -42,14 +42,31 @@ int main() {
 
         // parse the string and extract number of votes and student name
         int votes;
-        if (sscanf(line, "%d %[^\n]", &votes, students[size].name) != 2) {
+        char name[SIZE];
+        if (sscanf(line, "%d %[^\n]", &votes, name) != 2) {
             // error, input was not in expected format
             // print error message and exit
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid input format\n");
             return 1;
         }
-        students[size].votes = votes;
-        size++;
+
+        // check if this student already exists
+        int found = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            if (strcmp(students[i].name, name) == 0) {
+                // add votes to existing student
+                students[i].votes += votes;
+                found = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if the student was not found, add a new student
+        if (!found) {
+            strcpy(students[size].name, name);
+            students[size].votes = votes;
+            size++;
+        }
     }
 
     // sort students based on their votes
@@ -60,7 +77,6 @@ int main() {
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
         printf("%d %s\n", students[i].votes, students[i].name);
     }
-    // printf("\n");
 
     return 0;
 }