Find the bugs in the following code. Explain what bugs you find and how you fix

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Find the bugs in the following code. Explain what bugs you find and how you fix them. (Coments have been given to explain what the code is.)

// Programmer: * Your Name *
// Homework 7
// Date: * the date *

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

// Function Prototypes

// Reads the first line in the file for the maximum quiz score
// Precondition: fin stream is initialized with a open file containing scores
// Postcondition: returns the maximum score for the quiz or -1 if
// an error occurred

int get_max_score(ifstream &fin);

// Initializes the counter for each score to zero
// Precondition: "scores" must be declared and allocated with length of "size"
// Postcondition: all indices of "scores" initialized to zero

void init_score_count(int scores[], int size);

// Counts the occurrence of each score in the file and stores them in "scores"
// Precondition: indices of "scores" must be initialized to zero,
// and "scores" must have a length of "size", "fin" must be initialized
// Postcondition: each index is equal to the number of occurrences for that
// particular score. i.e. if the score 89 appeared 3 times index 89 would
// be equal to 3

void count_scores(int scores[], int size, ifstream &fin);

// Prints the count for each score if greater than zero and then prints the
// average score
// Precondition: "scores" must have length of "size" be and contain the counts
// for each score
// Postcondition: Prints each index in "scores" if the count is greater than
// zero and displays the average of the scores. If there aren't scores in the
// file nothing is printed

void print_analysis(int scores[], int size);

// This program reads a file containing quiz scores, counts the number
// of occurrences for each score then prints some basic metrics like the average
// score. The first line of the input file is the maximum score that can
// be obtained on the quiz. Completely empty files will print an error message
// while a file with only the max score will print nothing.

int main()
{
   // array to hold the counts for the quiz scores
   int *scores;
   // the size of the scores array
   int size;
   // file name containing the quiz scores
   string fileName;
   // input file stream for quiz score file
   ifstream fin;
  
     
   // print welcome message and get the file containing the quiz scores
   cout << "Welcome to my Quiz Score Analysis Program! " << endl;
   cout << "Enter the file name containing the quiz scores: ";
   cin >> fileName;
  
   // try to open the file the user provided
   fin.open(fileName.c_str());
  
   // test if opened correctly
   if(fin.fail())
   {
       cout << "Error opening file: " << fileName << endl;
       exit(1);
   }

   // get the maximum score for the exam
   // need to accommodate the maximum score in the array
   // i.e. a score max of 100 requires an index 100, so the
   // array size needs to be at least be 101
   if((size = get_max_score(fin)) == -1)
   {
       cout << "Error reading file: " << fileName << endl;
       exit(1);
   }
  
   // "new" allows me to dynamically choose an array size at runtime
   scores = new int[size];
  
   // set the counter for each score to zero
   init_score_count(scores, size);

   // count the scores from the rest of the file
   count_scores(scores, size, fin);
  
   // print our analysis of the quiz scores  
   print_analysis(scores, size);
  
   // free the space allocated for the scores
   delete[] scores;

   // close the file
   fin.close();

   return 0;
}

// Function implementations

// Reads the first line in the file for the maximum quiz score
// Precondition: fin stream is initialized with a open file containing scores
// Postcondition: returns the maximum score for the quiz or -1 if
// an error occurred
int get_max_score(ifstream &fin)
{
   int max;

   /* read the max quiz score value from the file */
   fin >> max;

   /* if we encountered an error return -1 */
   if(fin.fail())
   {
       max = -1;
   }

   return max;
}

// Initializes the counter for each score to zero
// Precondition: "scores" must be declared and allocated with length of "size"
// Postcondition: all indices of "scores" initialized to zero
void init_score_count(int scores[], int size)
{
   // for loop initializes all indices of scores to zero  
   for(int count = 0; count < size; count++)
   {
       scores[count] = 0;
   }

}

// Counts the occurrence of each score in the file and stores them in "scores"
// Precondition: indices of "scores" must be initialized to zero,
// and "scores" must have a length of "size", "fin" must be initialized
// Postcondition: each index is equal to the number of occurrences for that
// particular score. i.e. if the score 89 appeared 3 times index 89 would
// be equal to 3
void count_scores(int scores[], int size, ifstream &fin)
{
   int curr_score;

   // read priming the first score
   fin >> curr_score;

   // loop determines which index is incremented
   while(fin)
   {
       if((curr_score > 10) || (curr_score < 0))
       {
           cout << "Error in data file, discarding value: " ;
           cout << curr_score << endl << endl;
       }
       else
       {
           scores[curr_score]++;
       }

       // get the next score
       fin >> curr_score;
   }
}

// Prints the count for each score if greater than zero and then prints the
// average score
// Precondition: "scores" must have length of "size" be and contain the counts
// for each score
// Postcondition: Prints each index in "scores" if the count is greater than
// zero and displays the average of the scores. If there aren't scores in the
// file nothing is printed
void print_analysis(int scores[], int size)
{
   int total = 0;
   double sum = 0, average = 0, product = 0;

   // for loop prints test scores/number of time that score was recieved
   for(int count = 0; count < size; count++)
   {
       if(scores[count] >= 0)
       {
           cout << "There were: " << scores[count] << " ";
           cout << count <<"'s" << endl;
       }
      
       product = (scores[count] * count);
  
       sum += product;
       total += scores[count];     
   }

   average = sum / total;  
   cout << "The average quiz score is: ";
   cout << setprecision(3) << average << endl;
  
}

Explanation / Answer

Hii,

You worked very well.Not found any bug.I tried to run this program and compilation successfully.I got output..

Welcome to my Quiz Score Analysis Program!

Enter the file name containing the quiz scores:

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