completed step 1 (ask user for width and height)

2 files changed, 54 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
index ed5f807..8ca8157 100644
--- a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
+++ b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,58 @@
-// BlankConsoleLab.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
-//
-
 #include <iostream>
+#include <windows.h> //colored couts go brrrr :)
 
 using namespace std;
 
-using std::cout;
-using std::cin;
-using std::endl;
+const HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 
-int main()
+//Prints in full color with (optional) automatic line breaks. Requires <windows.h> Returns nothing and takes up to 4 parameters:
+//console (HANDLE): Used for colored text. Always set it to hConsole and don't worry about it.
+//text (string): The text to be printed. Don't put a newline at the end.
+//color (int): The color code of the text. Optional, defaults to white.
+//linebreak (bool): Whether to end the line after printing. Optional, defaults to true.
+void colorPrint(string text, int color = 15, bool linebreak = true, HANDLE console = hConsole)
+{
+	if (linebreak) //Add a line break to the end of the text unless told not to
+	{
+		text += "\n";
+	}
+	SetConsoleTextAttribute(console, color); //Use black magic (native OS commands) to change the color of any text we print.
+	cout << text;
+	SetConsoleTextAttribute(console, 15); //Use more black magic to set the color back to white so that we don't start randomly printing other colors.
+
+}
+
+//Super messy and really just here because if you're reusing more than one line, you're doing something wrong.
+int getWidthOrHeight(string d)
 {
-    cout << "Hello World!\n";
+	int input;
+	while (true)
+	{
+		cout << "Please enter the ";
+		colorPrint(d, 5, false);
+		cout << " of your kite in ";
+		colorPrint("cm", 5, false);
+		cout << ": ";
+		if (cin >> input) //This feels so wrong but it does in fact work.
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		colorPrint("Oh no! It looks like something went wrong.\nPlease make sure your width is a number and try again.", 12);
+		cin.clear();
+		cin.ignore(80, '\n');
+	}
+	return input;
 }
 
+int main()
+{
+	int width, height;
+	bool haveWidth = false, haveHeight = false; //If the user has entered a valid width and height yet. Used for looping.
+
+	colorPrint("Welcome to Kite Calculator!\n", 9);
+
+	colorPrint("Let's start with getting the dimensions of your kite!", 11);
+	width = getWidthOrHeight("width");
+	height = getWidthOrHeight("height");
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.vcxproj b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.vcxproj
index db2e734..d2e3ee2 100644
--- a/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.vcxproj
+++ b/BlankConsoleLab/BlankConsoleLab.vcxproj
@@ -29,26 +29,26 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>