takes user input, calculates area, turns into square meters, tells area to user

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
index ed5f807..b20ff5c 100644
--- a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
+++ b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-// BlankConsoleLab.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
-//
+/*
+CST116 - C++ Programming
+Abdullah Havaldar
[email protected]
+
+Purpose:
+
+The purpose of this code is to find the area for a kite which the user enters the values of the width and height
+and give out the area of the kite
+
+Input:
+width (int), height (int)
+
+Output:
+Area (int/string)
+*/
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -11,6 +25,21 @@ using std::endl;
 
 int main()
 {
-    cout << "Hello World!\n";
+    //seting up variables
+    float length, width, area;
+
+    //output prompt for user to enter length and width
+    cout << "Please enter the length and width of your kite (in that order)." << endl;
+    cin >> length >> width;
+
+    //output confirmation stating what the user input
+    cout << "So the length is " << length << "cm and the width is " << width << " cm." << endl;
+
+    //calculating area and turning it to square meteres
+    area = ((width * length) / 2);
+    area /= 10000;
+
+    //telling the user how many square meters their kite is
+    cout << "The area of your kite is " << area << " square meters." << endl;
 }