isaaccheng9 / vaccine-order-processing

A CLI tool to process customer orders of COVID-19 vaccines for a shipping company. Developed with C++11.

Vaccine Order Processing System

A command-line tool to process customer orders of COVID-19 vaccines for a shipping company, developed with C++11.

For more information about the design and implementation of the program, see the design document at: /docs/Design Document - Vaccine Order Processing.pdf

Building with CMake

To build the program using CMake, run the following commands in the root directory:

1. Configure the build: cmake -B build
2. Run the build: cmake --build build

Usage

Once you have compiled the program, you can run it on an input file with the following command in the root directory:

./build/vaccine_order_processing <input_file>, where <input_file> is the path to the input file.

Example

We have included an example input file in: /resources/order_file.txt

To run the program on the example file, run the following command in the root directory:

./build/vaccine_order_processing resources/order_file.txt

Input File Format

You can also create your own input file. The program accepts input files with the following format:

New Customer Record

Column Number	Description
1	Always 'C'
2-5	The customer number - a four-digit, zero-padded integer
6-45	The customer's name

Sales Order Record

Column Number	Description
1	Always 'S'
2-9	The order date, in the format 'YYYYMMDD'
10	The order type - 'N' for a normal order, or 'X' for an express order
11-14	The customer number of the customer creating the order
15-17	The order quantity - a three-digit, zero-padded integer

End-Of-Day Record

Column Number	Description
1	Always 'E'
2-9	The date for the end of the day, in the format 'YYYYMMDD'