Net Salary Calculator, Sorting Names, and Memory Management

Overview

This project contains three C programs that solve different problems related to salary calculations, sorting names, and dynamic memory management. The programs were first written on an online C compiler before being pushed to GitHub.

Team Members

• Kellia Muzira: Implemented Question 3 (Memory Management) and wrote this README file.
• Aubin Saiba: Implemented Question 1 (Net Salary Calculator) and Question 2 (Sorting Names).

Program Descriptions

1. Net Salary Calculator

Filename: net_salary_calculator.c Contributor: Aubin Saiba

This program calculates the net salary of an employee based on the gross salary and several deductions:

• Tax on salary (based on salary range)
• Medical insurance (5%)
• Maternity leave (0.3%)
• Social security fund (3%)

Each deduction is implemented as a separate function that uses pointers to manipulate the salary. The net salary is then printed to the user.

2. Sorting Names (Bubble Sort)

Filename: sorting_names.c Contributor: Aubin Saiba

This program sorts a list of 20 names in either:

• Ascending order (A-Z)
• Descending order (Z-A)

The user is prompted to enter either asc or desc, and the names are sorted using Bubble Sort before being displayed.

3. Memory Management (Storing Student Emails)

Filename: management.c Contributor: Kellia Muzira

This program dynamically stores the email addresses of 10 students in an array using malloc(). Then, it demonstrates shrinking memory by reducing the array to 6 students using realloc(). Finally, the program frees all allocated memory to avoid memory leaks.

Advantages of Using Pointers in Question 1

Using pointers in the Net Salary Calculator provides several benefits:

• Memory Efficiency: Modifies values directly without creating extra copies.
• Faster Execution: Avoids passing large amounts of data by reference.
• Code Flexibility: Allows functions to modify variables outside their scope.

Contributions Summary

Question	Topic	Contributor
1	Net Salary Calculator	Aubin Saiba
2	Sorting Names (Bubble Sort)	Aubin Saiba
3	Memory Management	Kellia Muzira
-	README Documentation	Kellia Muzira

Repository Link

GitHub Repository

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Maintained by: Kellia Muzira & Aubin Saiba