02-03 Jurassic Park -

[Tmoney2020]

In this assignment, you will be creating a console application that manages a zoo full of dinosaurs.

Objectives

• Practice control structures.
• Practice data structures.
• Practice working with user data.
• Practice with LINQ.
• Practice with OOP concepts.

Requirements

• Create a console application that manages the dinosaurs in your zoo.

Explorer Mode

• [x] Create a class to represent your dinosaurs. The class should have the following properties

  • [x] Name
  • [x] DietType - This will be "carnivore" or "herbivore"
  • [x] WhenAcquired - This will default to the current time when the dinosaur is created
  • [ ] Weight - How heavy the dinosaur is in pounds.
  • [x] EnclosureNumber - the number of the pen the dinosaur is currently in

• [x] Add a method Description to your class to print out a description of the dinosaur to include all of its properties. Create an output format of your choosing.

• [x] Your dinosaurs will be stored in a List<Dinosaur>.

• [x] When the console application runs, it should let the user choose one of the following actions:

  • [x] View
  • This command will show the all the dinosaurs in the list, ordered by WhenAcquired
  • [x] Add
  • This command will let the user type in the information for a dinosaur and add it to the list
  • [x] Remove
  • This command will prompt the user for a dinosaur name then find and delete the dinosaur with that name.
  • [x] Transfer
  • This command will prompt the user for a dinosaur name and a new EnclosureNumber and update that dino's information.
  • [x] Summary
  • [x] This command will display the number of carnivores and the number of herbivores.
  • [x] Quit
  • [x] This will stop the program

Adventure Mode

• [ ] Add an option to view the Dinosaurs acquired after a given date (to be given by the user).
• [ ] Add an option to view all the Dinosaurs in a given enclosure number.

Epic Mode

• [ ] Learn how to read and write from a file. At the start of the program load all the dinosaurs from a file. When the program ends write out all the dinosaurs to the same file.

[Tmoney2020]

https://github.com/Tmoney2020/cs-jurassicPark

[gstark]

Very nicely done!

I love this line of code: https://github.com/Tmoney2020/cs-jurassicPark/blob/master/Program.cs#L145 -- Because you have capitalized Amber I read it like a person. As if there was a person down in the procurement department and her name is Amber. 😉

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