02/07/15

Dependencies:   mbed

Dependents:   TabbedGUIMbed

Revision:
70:168d67695a65
Parent:
59:2cbbd6fea55b
Child:
71:60f06e7e50a3
diff -r 74bffa1d3f7f -r 168d67695a65 UserInput.cpp
--- a/UserInput.cpp	Thu Aug 27 14:32:20 2015 +0000
+++ b/UserInput.cpp	Thu Sep 03 15:10:51 2015 +0000
@@ -5,30 +5,30 @@
 extern Serial pc;
 int sensorNumber;
 double sensorDistance;
+string date;
 
-int inputNoOfPins()
+int inputNoOfPins()                         //gets the number of pins on a former
 {
-  //  pc.printf("Ready to Read.\n");
-  //  pc.printf("Enter the number of sensors\n");
-    while (1){
-                if (pc.readable())
+    while (1)                                                   //keep doing this
+    {   
+                if (pc.readable())                                  //if the pc has something to send
                 {
-                    pc.scanf("%d", &sensorNumber);                  
-                    break;
+                    pc.scanf("%d", &sensorNumber);                          //read what the pc says, and store it in sensorNumber variable
+                    break;                                                  //leave the while(1) loop
                     }
              }
-     //   pc.printf("sensorNumber : %d \t " ,sensorNumber ); 
-      return(sensorNumber);
+      return(sensorNumber);                                         //return the sensorNumber
     }   
-double inputDistance(){
- //   pc.printf("Enter the distance between each sensor\n ");
-    while (1){
+    
+double inputDistance()                                  //gets the distance between each pin on the former
+{
+    while (1)                                                           //keep doing this
+    {              
                 if (pc.readable())
                 {
                     pc.scanf("%lf", &sensorDistance);                           //has to &lf because must know the size of it before getting it in
                     break;
                     }
-            }
-     //   pc.printf( "SensorDistance : %f", sensorDistance ); 
+    }
          return(sensorDistance);
-        }
\ No newline at end of file
+}