// Author:  Keith Shomper
// Date:    10/27/03
// Purpose: To demonstrate function calling by computing the area of a rectangle

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

float promptAndGet(string s);
float computeArea(float value1, float value2);

int main() {
	float length, width, area;

	length = promptAndGet("What is the length of the rectangle:  ");
	width  = promptAndGet("What is the width of the rectangle:  ");

	area = computeArea(length, width);

	// output the result
	cout << "The area of the rectangle is " << area << endl;

	return 0;
}

float promptAndGet(string s) {
	float value;

	// prompt for and get the length
	cout << s;
	cin >> value;

	return value;
}

float computeArea(float value1, float value2) {
	return value1 * value2;
}