Question

Define a function PrintFeetInchShort, with int parameters numFeet and numInches, that prints using ' and " shorthand.

Answer 1

Answer:

I am writing a function using C++ programming language. Let me know if you want the program in some other programming language.

void PrintFeetInchShort(int numFeet , int numInches){

   cout<<numFeet<<"\' "<<numInches<<"\"";

The above function takes two integer variables numFeet and numInches as its parameters. The cout statement is used to print the value of numFeet with a single quote at the end of that value and  print the value of numInches with double quotes at the end of that value. Here \ backslash is used to use the double quotes. Backslash is used in order to include special characters in a string. Here i have used backslash with the single quote as well. However it is not mandatory to use backslash with single quote, you can simply use cout<<numFeet<<"' " to print a single quote. But to add double quotes with a string, backslash is compulsory.

Explanation:

This is the complete program to check the working of the above function.

#include <iostream>  // to use input output functions

using namespace std;   //to identify objects like cout and cin

void PrintFeetInchShort(int numFeet , int numInches){

//function to print ' and ' short hand

   cout<<numFeet<<"\' "<<numInches<<"\"";  }

int main() { //start of the main() function body

  PrintFeetInchShort(5, 8);    }

//calls PrintFeetInchShort() and passes values to the function i.e. 5 for //numFeet  and 8 for numInches

If you want to take the values of numFeet and numInches from user then:

int main() {

   int feet,inches;  // declares two variables of integer type

   cout<<"Enter the value for feet:"; //prompts user to enter feet

   cin>>feet;  //reads the value of feet from user

   cout<<"Enter the value for inch:";   //prompts user to enter inches

   cin>>inches;      //reads the value of inches from user

  PrintFeetInchShort(feet, inches);   } //calls PrintFeetInchShort()

The screenshot of the program and its output is attached.