Name:​ ​Gagandeep​ ​Singh​ ​Bajaj

Class:​ ​CS​ ​162

Algorithm​ ​4

The​ ​header​ ​file​ ​would​ ​include​ ​the​ ​creation​ ​of​ ​a​ ​class​ ​named​ ​playlist​ ​which​ ​will​ ​have​ ​the​ ​private
and​ ​public​ ​members.​ ​The​ ​public​ ​member​ ​of​ ​the​ ​class​ ​will​ ​constitute​ ​functions​ ​prototypes​ ​which
will​ ​basically​ ​be​ ​used​ ​to​ ​manipulate​ ​the​ ​playlist​ ​class.​ ​This​ ​will​ ​also​ ​contain​ ​the​ ​constructor​ ​and
destructor​ ​for​ ​the​ ​class.This​ ​will​ ​constitute​ ​of​ ​4​ ​basic​ ​functions,​ ​the​ ​first​ ​one​ ​would​ ​be​ ​a​ ​load
function​ ​which​ ​would​ ​load​ ​in​ ​the​ ​previously​ ​stored​ ​songs​ ​from​ ​the​ ​external​ ​data​ ​file​ ​into
dynamically​ ​allocated​ ​arrays​ ​using​ ​the​ ​new​ ​operator.​ ​This​ ​function​ ​returns​ ​the​ ​index​ ​number​ ​for
the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​elements​ ​in​ ​the​ ​array​ ​that​ ​have​ ​been​ ​filled​ ​this​ ​will​ ​help​ ​in​ ​the​ ​other​ ​functions.​ ​The
next​ ​function​ ​prototype​ ​would​ ​be​ ​a​ ​read​ ​function​ ​this​ ​function​ ​will​ ​ask​ ​users​ ​for​ ​input​ ​that​ ​they
want​ ​to​ ​add​ ​to​ ​the​ ​playlist.​ ​This​ ​data​ ​will​ ​then​ ​simultaneously​ ​be​ ​stored​ ​inside​ ​the​ ​dynamically
allocated​ ​arrays​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​read​ ​out​ ​to​ ​the​ ​external​ ​file.​ ​Into​ ​this​ ​function​ ​a​ ​counter​ ​integer
variable​ ​will​ ​be​ ​read​ ​in​ ​that​ ​will​ ​indicate​ ​the​ ​position​ ​from​ ​where​ ​to​ ​add​ ​data​ ​into​ ​the​ ​array​ ​as
well​ ​as​ ​the​ ​external​ ​file​ ​and​ ​this​ ​function​ ​will​ ​return​ ​the​ ​updated​ ​counter​ ​variable​ ​integer.​ ​Further
the​ ​next​ ​function​ ​prototype​ ​would​ ​be​ ​the​ ​search​ ​function​ ​to​ ​search​ ​and​ ​return​ ​the​ ​song​ ​the​ ​user
wants​ ​to​ ​see​ ​and​ ​finally​ ​the​ ​last​ ​function​ ​prototype​ ​would​ ​be​ ​the​ ​display​ ​all​ ​function​ ​which​ ​would
using​ ​a​ ​loop​ ​display​ ​all​ ​the​ ​contents​ ​of​ ​the​ ​playlist.
The​ ​private​ ​member​ ​of​ ​the​ ​class​ ​would​ ​include​ ​array​ ​declarations​ ​for​ ​storing​ ​the​ ​various​ ​facets
of​ ​the​ ​song​ ​playlist​ ​namely,​ ​artist​ ​name,​ ​song​ ​name,​ ​album​ ​name​ ​etc​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​the​ ​counter
integer​ ​variable.

A​ ​seperate​ ​.cpp​ ​file​ ​would​ ​be​ ​created​ ​to​ ​define​ ​all​ ​of​ ​the​ ​above​ ​state​ ​functions.​ ​This​ ​file​ ​will​ ​also
contain​ ​the​ ​constructor​ ​and​ ​destructor​ ​for​ ​the​ ​class.​ ​The​ ​main.cpp​ ​file​ ​would​ ​include​ ​the​ ​header
file​ ​and​ ​all​ ​the​ ​functions​ ​would​ ​be​ ​called​ ​from​ ​the​ ​main​ ​function​ ​along​ ​with​ ​functionality​ ​to
reiterate​ ​the​ ​process​ ​as​ ​many​ ​times​ ​as​ ​the​ ​user​ ​wants.​ ​In​ ​the​ ​main​ ​file​ ​we​ ​would​ ​first​ ​instantiate
a​ ​class​ ​object​ ​for​ ​the​ ​playlist,​ ​then​ ​the​ ​load​ ​function​ ​would​ ​be​ ​called​ ​to​ ​load​ ​the​ ​data​ ​into​ ​the
class​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​count​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of​ ​items.​ ​Then​ ​the​ ​read​ ​function​ ​would​ ​ask​ ​for​ ​user​ ​inputs
and​ ​append​ ​those​ ​to​ ​the​ ​end​ ​of​ ​file​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​add​ ​them​ ​to​ ​the​ ​arrays​ ​respectively.​ ​Next​ ​the
search​ ​function​ ​would​ ​be​ ​called​ ​for​ ​the​ ​user​ ​to​ ​be​ ​able​ ​to​ ​search​ ​the​ ​artist​ ​and​ ​display​ ​the
information​ ​about​ ​the​ ​artist​ ​and​ ​lastly​ ​the​ ​display​ ​function​ ​would​ ​be​ ​called​ ​so​ ​as​ ​to​ ​display​ ​the
entire​ ​contents​ ​of​ ​the​ ​playlist.