Hostel Management System

Running Head: HOSTEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
HOSTEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

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Table of Contents
Introduction and Assumptions.........................................................................................................2
Design of the program.....................................................................................................................3
Explanation of portable ANSI C programming concepts................................................................5
Sample Outputs:...............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction and Assumptions
The C programming language is a sequential programming language or procedural
language. This programming language was developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis
Ritchie. This language was developed mainly for writing operating system (Kanetkar 2016). The
main key features of C programming language are low-level access of memory, set of simple
keywords, and a simple style of writing the code. Many other programming languages like Java,
JavaScript and C++, borrowed the syntax and the features of C language. The basic structure of a
C program includes header files, declaration of the main method, variable declaration, body and
the return statement (Chung et al. 2016).
The C program that we used in this project is based on a hostel management system,
where the student data are inserted and stored in a data file. The other functions of the program
are to show the data stored in the data files when required, checking the availability of rooms
according to gender and make payment for a room or abort the transaction in mid-way.
Assumptions of the C program are there are only 4 blocks available which are A3, B1, B3
and B4 due to the delay in construction of the buildings. The services available are gym and meal
for each block and there are 100 rooms in each block. Another assumption is that there can be
only one input at a time and only one function execution. The data file can store at least 50 data
entries or student records.

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Design of the program
Flow Chart
Start
Define structure of student, and date
Read all student information
Check availability of rooms according to gender
Select payment method or abort the payment
Check total bill to be paid based on number of weeks
Check student details by roll number or the
name
Stop