PRE-SUBMISSION REPORT

Title: Student Attendance Calculator

Section – K22MT

As a Code based project for the Course

CSE 101

By

Sr. No. Registration No Name of Students Roll No.

1 12216281 Alok Prasad RK22MTA19

Submitted To Richa Jain Ma’am

Lovely Professional University
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My profound gratitude goes out to Richa Jain Ma'am, the CSE 101 instructor, for
giving me the chance to work on the project of creating a student attendance
calculator.

She was a great help during the project, and I want to thank her for that. Her
knowledge of the topic, along with her readiness to offer suggestions and respond
to our inquiries, enabled me to effectively complete the project.

Finally, I want to thank the university for giving me the tools I needed to complete
this research. I am appreciative that I had the chance to work on this project
because it has been a great opportunity for me to learn.
 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT

Title – Student attendance calculator

Objective – This program is a simple student attendance management system

implemented in C language. It allows the user to insert new student records,
display all existing records, search and modify records by roll number or name,
and delete records by roll number. The system requires the user to log in using a
predefined username and password, and only the admin can access the system's
features.

The program uses a struct to store student information such as name, roll number,
attendance for each course, and total attendance. The program can calculate the
total attendance of each student by taking the sum of the attended classes divided
by the total classes for each course and calculating the average.

The program provides the option to search for students by roll number or name and
display their attendance information. It also provides a warning message for
students with attendance below 75%. The program uses arrays to store and
manipulate student information, with a maximum of 100 students and 8 courses.

The program uses basic input/output functions such as printf, scanf, and gets to
interact with the user. It also uses string and math libraries for string and arithmetic
operations. The code is well-structured and organized with meaningful function
names and comments. Overall, this program provides a useful tool for tracking and
managing student attendance records.
 IMPLEMENTATION
Methodology

A simple system for managing student attendance is implemented in the provided

code. The code consists of numerous functions for carrying out various tasks, such
as adding student information, showing all student information, looking up a
student by name or roll number, removing a student record, and changing the
information for an already-existing student.

1) Libraries
a) Three common C libraries are used in the code: string.h, stdlib.h, and
stdio.h.
b) Input and output operations like printf() and scanf are performed using
stdio.h ().
c) Stdlib.h is used to provide functions for dynamic memory allocation, like
malloc ().
d) String manipulation techniques like strcmp are performed using the string.h
library ().
2) Constants
a) Two constants, MAX_STUDENTS and MAX_COURSES, with the values
100 and 8, respectively, are defined in the code. These constants are used to
determine how many students can be added to the system at once and how
many classes can have attendance taken.
3) Structures
a) A structure called student is defined in the code, and it maintains
information about each student, such as name, roll number, attendance for
each course, and overall attendance. The information about every student
introduced to the system is contained in the struct student, which is an array
of structures students.
4) Variables

a) The integer variable total _students store the overall number of students
added to the system.
b) The login credentials are stored in character arrays called username and
password.
c) Integer variables utilized in various functions include I j, total classes,
missed classes, attended classes, total attended classes, and total_total
_classes.
d) The float variables attendance and total attendance are utilized in a variety of
functions.

Functions

The code consists of several functions, each performing a specific task.

1. login ()

The user's login credentials are verified using the login() function. It asks the user
to provide a username and password and then confirms that the entered
information corresponds to the pre-defined information. It returns 1 to indicate a
successful login if the credentials match; else, it returns 0 to indicate an
unsuccessful login.

2. add_student ()

To enter a new student's information into the system, use the insert student()
function. For each course, the user is prompted to enter the student's name, roll
number, and attendance. The total attendance field of the student's structure is
where it maintains the attendance total for each student after computing it. It
displays a warning message if the student has less than 75% overall attendance.
The student's information is added to the students array.
3. display_students()

All of the student information entered into the system is displayed using the
display students() function. It displays the total new enrollment, along with each
student's name, roll number, overall attendance, and attendance for each course.

4. search_student_by_roll_number()

To find a student's information by their roll number, use the search_student _by
_roll _number() function. The user is prompted to provide the roll number before it
searches the students array for the student's information. When a student is located,
their name, roll number, and attendance for each course are displayed. If not, a
notice stating that the student was not found is displayed.

5. student_search_by_name()

To look up a student's information by name, use the search student by name()

function. It asks for the user's name and then looks up the student's information in
the students array. When a student is located, their name, roll number, and
attendance for each course are displayed. If not, a notice stating that the student
was not found is displayed.

6. update_attendance()

A student's attendance for a particular course can be updated using the update
attendance() function. While updating attendance for a course, the user is prompted
to enter the course code and the student's roll number. After then, the user is
prompted to enter the updated attendance value. The student's attendance for the
chosen course is updated, and the student's overall attendance is recalculated, if the
student is located and the new attendance figure is valid. A warning notice is sent
if the revised attendance figure results in a decrease in the student's overall
attendance below 75%.
7. delete_student()

To remove a student's information from the system, use the delete student()
function. The user is prompted for the student's roll number before it searches the
student array for the student's information. The student's information is deleted
from the students array if the student is located.

8. exit_program()

To end the programme, use the exit program() function. The software is terminated
once a notice stating that it is quitting is displayed.

9.File handling

The software can use file handling to save and load student data to and from files.
The programmer stores the student data in a CSV (comma-separated values) file.
The student's name, roll number, and attendance for each course are all kept in the
CSV file.

The programmer first determines whether the current working directory has the file
"students.csv" when it launches. If the file is there, the application uses file
handling routines to load the student data into the students array. The programmer
initialises the students array to an empty list if the file does not exist.

When a user uses the insert student() function to add a new student, the software
appends the new student's data to the students array and then uses file handling
functions to write the updated data to the CSV file. Similar to this, the software
receives the data from the CSV file using file handling functions and prints the
data to the console when the user examines the student data using the display
students() function.

The software may persist the data even after it is closed and restarted by using file
handling to store and retrieve the student data to and from a file.
 CONCLUSION
Ultimately, these features combine to offer a fundamental student management
system. The user has access to updating attendance, adding new students, seeing all
students, searching for students by name or roll number, deleting students, and
exiting the software after logging in. While being a simple system, it serves as an
excellent foundation for creating more intricate student management systems.