Hi everyone,
I’m working on a public transport card system which records the no. of stops of the journey and then calculates the costs. I’m a bit lost with this program and I hope you can help me...
Features; the fare for up to 3 stops is charged £4, after than each stop is calculated as £2. How can I calculate the difference in stops between firstStop and lastStop? Also, how do I calculate the price? Let’s say they get on the bus on ‘stop 3’ and go to ‘stop 9’, how would I code this?
From what I know, it seems that I have to do two different things;
a) Firstly, code a calculation which checks the difference between the stops, i.e. 6 stops – but then again, what if they go from ‘stop 7’ to ‘stop 2’? I will end up with negative numbers!
b) Secondly, I have to put the no. of stops in a calculation that will determine the cost...
So in short I need help with the following;
1) How can I calculate the difference between the stops without going into negative figure?
2) How can I code a calculation which says; if stops = ‘1, 2, 3’ then charge £4, anything higher add £2 for each stop.
I urgently need some guidance regarding this,
Thanks.