jerrylzy / GPA-Calculator

Calculate term / total units, GPA and upper div GPA.

GPA-Calculator

I wrote this for fun when the official GPA calculator from UCLA went down.

Compilation

1. Download the source code and unzip it.

2. In command line, type:

    make
   

Usage

Run without argument

In this way, simply run

    ./gpacalc 

Then the program will prompt: Please type in the options: [1] Input course info; [2] Read a file; [Other] Exit the Program.

Input all course information manually

Type 1 and enter, then follow the instruction the program provides to enter all course information

Manually enter the path of the file that contains all information

Type 2 and enter, then enter the full path of the destination file. For example:

  $ ./gpacalc 
  Please type in the options:
  [1] Input course info;
  [2] Read a file;
  [Other] Exit the program.
  2
  Please input file name: (default grade.txt)
  File needs to be in format "Name,Units,Grade,IsUpperDiv".
  ~/Documents/GPA/grade.txt 

Run with argument

--help argument

When we run the program with --help argument, the program will print help information to users.

  $ ./gpacalc --help

the path of the file containing courses / grades information

The program will load information from the destination file. For eample:

  $ ./gpacalc grade.txt

The program will load information from grade.txt and print out information based on quarter. The program will also give a summary of GPA.

Grade File format

The file should be a plaintext file with the following format Comments start with the character #. For example

  # This is a comment

Quarters information:

  QUARTER,YEAR

Note there is no white space around the comma. For example:

  FALL,2015
  WINTER,2016

Course information:

  COURSE NAME,UNITS,GRADE,IS IT UPPER DIV?

For "IS IT UPPER DIV?", it has to be 'y' or 'n', case insensitive. Note there is no white space around the comma. For example:

  CS 111,5,A+,y