Programming Assignment - Car Cost Calculator
Data will be read in from a file - Make sure you include code to ensure the file exists before reading the data. If the input file does not exist print an error message and end the program.
The data on the file contains:
- Year -int
- VIN -string
- Make - string
- Model-string
- Annual Mileage-int
- Annual Insurance Premium-double
- Annual Maintance-double
- Average Miles/gallon
Sample Data File
2000
22332222222
Ford
Mustang
10000
1000.00
670.00
33
2016
2233443422
Toyota
Prius
1000
500.00
355.00
40
2015
1122334455
Toyota
Rav4
12000
1200.00
560.00
21
Calculate the annual cost of owning the car.
The following costs will be calculated
Cost of Gas (Ask user to enter in the average price /gallon) - Use this to calculate the gas cost for all cars.
How much money was spent of gas
2. Divide the Annual Miles / MPG - Gives you the gallons of gas used in a year
3. Multiply gallons of gas * gas cost per gallon
Total Annual Cost will be calculated as follows
Gas cost for the year + Insurance Premium +maintenance
Create a report that should be printed on the console with the following header followed by the details of each car. Your file should contain at least 5 cars.
Car Make Car Model Car Year Annual Insurance cost Annual Gas Cost Total Cost
------------- --------------- ----------- ----------------------------- ---------------------- --------------
In addition you should also create a disk file.
-Ask the user to enter the name of the output file to be created.
-Use that name to open the file.
-The file should contain the VIN number for each car as well as the total cost of annual ownership for that car.