Department of Biomedical Engineering Technology
The Superior University, Lahore
Computer Programming
Algorithm of the Project
Project: Basic Car Rental System
Step 1: Start
Step 2: Initialize • Defining ‘MAX_CARS’, ‘MAX_MODEL_LENGTH’,
Constants and ‘MAX_NAME_LENGTH’ as constants.
Structs • Defining ‘Model’, ‘Rental Rates’, ‘Quantity’, ‘Rental Days
Left’ as the structure of the variable “Car”.
• Defining ‘Name’, ‘Rented Model’, ‘Phone Number’, ‘Rental
Cost’, ‘Rented Model’ as the structure of variable “Customer”.
Step 3: Function • login(): Authenticate user with password.
Definitions • displayWelcome(): Display welcome message.
• displayMenu(): Display menu options.
• addCar(): Add a new car to the fleet.
• displayFleet(): Display details of cars in the fleet.
• rentCar(): Rent a car to a customer.
• returnCar(): Process return of a rented car.
• displayThanks(): Display farewell message.
• initializeFleet(): Initialize the fleet of cars with predefined
data.
Step 4: • Call ‘login()’ to authenticate user.
Initialization the • Display welcome message using ‘displayWelcome()’.
Main Function • Initialize the fleet of cars using ‘initializeFleet()’.
Step 5: User • Enter a “do-while” loop to repeatedly display the menu
Interaction Loop ‘displayMenu()’, that promote the user to take actions
according to his choices as many times as he want.
• Choices include adding a car, displaying the fleet, renting a
car, returning a car, and exiting the program.
Step 6: Login • Display Heading “CAR RENTAL SYSTEM”.
Function “login()” • Promote user to enter the password before displaying the fleet
of Rental Cars.
• If password is correct than ‘Access Granted’ to the fleet of
Rental Cars.
• Else ‘Access Denied’ and again call the login function to enter
the correct password.
Step 7: Add a Car • Check if maximum capacity (MAX_CARS) has been reached.
“addCar()” • Prompt user for details of the new car (model, rental rate,
quantity).
• Add the new car to the `cars` array and update ‘numCars’.
Step 8: Display • Check if there are cars in the fleet “numCars > 0”.
Fleet • Iterate through the `cars` array and display details (model,
“displayFleet()” rental rate, quantity, days left on rental).
Step 9: Rent a Car • Prompt user for the model of car to rent.
“rentCar()” • Find the car in the ‘cars’ array ‘findCarIndex()’.
• If available, prompt for customer details (name, phone
number, rental days).
• Calculate total cost and update car quantity and rental days
left.
• Display an invoice with customer and rental details.
Step 10: Return a • Prompt user for the model of car to return.
Car “returnCar()” • Find the car in the ‘cars’ array.
• Increase the quantity of the returned car and reset rental days
left.
• Display confirmation message.
Step 11: • Use this function to store several cars with their ‘model’,
Initialization Fleet ‘rental rates’, ‘quantity’, ‘days left for rented’ in the attributes
“initializeFleet()” of car1, car2, car3 and so on
• Add the attributes as the proper elements of the array of cars.
Step 12: Exit • When user chooses to exit (‘choice == 5’), display thank you
message using ‘displayThanks()’.
Step 13: End
