Copying data file into an array - c++

Question

I have a project for school. They gave me a data file that needs to be in an array of 10*10. This array needs to be an upper triangle, which means that all values of and below the diagonal have to be zero. This data file is the time that a project takes by every stage. It means that every [i][j] represents the time for stage from i to j.
Just to make it more complicated the problem ask you to find the longest time per column and add it to the longest time in the next column.
here is my code so far:
#include <iostream>
#include<iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
//Function prototype
int minCompletionTime (int Data[], int numTasks);
int main()
{
//Declaring and initializing variables
int num_Events(0), completion_Time(0);
int startSearch(0), endSearch(0);
const int SIZE(10);
char datch;
//Declaring an array to hold the duration of each composite activity
int rows(0),duration_Data [10];
//Declaring an input filestream and attaching it to the data file
ifstream dataFile;
dataFile.open("duration.dat");
//Reading the data file and inputting it to the array. Reads until eof
//marker is read
while (!dataFile.eof())
{
//Declaring an index variable for the array
//Reading data into elements of the array
dataFile >> duration_Data[rows];
//Incrementing the index variable
rows++;
}
//Taking input for the number of events in the project
cout << "Enter the number of events in the project >>> ";
cin >> num_Events;
//Calling the function to calculate the minimum completion time
completion_Time = minCompletionTime(duration_Data, num_Events);
//Outputting the minimum completion time
cout << "The minimum time to complete this project is " << completion_Time
<< "." << endl;
}
int minCompletionTime (int Data[], int numTasks)
{
int sum=0;
//As long as the index variable is less than the number of tasks to be
//completed, the time to complete the task stored in each cell will be
//added to a sum variable
for (int Idx=0; Idx < numTasks ; Idx++)
{
sum += Data[Idx];
}
return sum;
}
Any help will be appreciated
My data file only has 6 elements that holds this elements: 9 8 0 0 7 5
my data should look like this in order to start doing operations.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
It is a little confusing. I am sorry. The first and second column should have values of zero and first row the same way. after fifth row should be all zeros as well since it will be filled with more information from other data file.

Answer 1

There are a few ways of solving this problem. Here are 2 very naive ways:
1. Use a 10x10 array:
Read everything in from the data file (dataFile >> data[row][col]).
Have 2 nested loops:
The outer loop iterates over columns.
The inner loop iterates over the rows of that specific column.
Since you have to find the max and the values under the diagonal is zero, you can just be lazy and find the max of each column (you might have trouble if it's a lot larger than 10x10). However, if you want to only go through the rows that are necessary, I'll let you figure it out (it's very simple, don't over think).
2. Only use a 1x10 array:
Initialize the array with the minimal value (0 or -1 should work for you), let's call it the max_row.
Read item by item on each row, and compare it to the value that's stored in the max_row and replace appropriately.
When you're done, just sum up the elements in max_row.