optimised the isValidEmployeeID() function and its unit tests

src/createEmployeeAccount.c

@@ -3,19 +3,32 @@
 #include "createEmployeeAccount.h"
 
 
-bool isValidEmployeeID(char* employeeId)
+int StringLengthCounter(char* string)
 {
-    int characterLimit = 20;
-
-    if(strlen(employeeId)>characterLimit || strchr(employeeId,' '))
+    int characterCounter = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    while(string[i] !='\0')
     {
-        return false;
+        characterCounter++;
+        ++i;
     }
+    string[characterCounter] = '\0';
+    return characterCounter;
+}
 
-    else
+
+bool isValidEmployeeID(char* employeeId, int maximumLength)
+{
+    int employeeIdLength = strlen(employeeId);
+    int i;
+    for(i=0;i<employeeIdLength;i++)
     {
-        return true;
+        if(employeeId[i]==' ')
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
+        return employeeIdLength <= maximumLength ;
 }
 
 bool createNewEmployee(char* employeeId, char* employeePassword)
@@ -32,11 +45,12 @@ bool createNewEmployee(char* employeeId, char* employeePassword)
     fprintf(employeesFile,"\n%s %s\n",employeeId,employeePassword);
     fclose(employeesFile);
 
-/*used the checkEmployeeCredentials to check if the new id and password are created successfully*/
+    /*used the checkEmployeeCredentials to check if the new id and password are created successfully*/
 
     return checkEmployeeCredentials(employeeId, employeePassword);
 }
 
+
 void getNewEmployeeCredentials()
 {
     char newEmployeeId[20];
@@ -50,3 +64,4 @@ void getNewEmployeeCredentials()
     createNewEmployee(newEmployeeId,newEmployeePassword) ? printf("\n\n Account created successfully !\n\n") : printf("\n\n Could not create the Account please contact an employee of clearance 1 !\n\n");
 
 }
+

src/createEmployeeAccount.h

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 #include<stdbool.h>
 #include<string.h>
 
-bool isValidEmployeeID(char* employee);
+bool isValidEmployeeID(char* employee, int maximumLength);
 bool createNewEmployee(char* employeeId, char* employeePassword);
 
+int StringLengthCounter(char* string);
+
 void getNewEmployeeCredentials();
 
 #endif

tests/test_createEmployeeAccount.c

@@ -18,13 +18,19 @@ void test_isValidEmployeeID(void)
     /*Arrange*/
 
     char* validEmployeeId [] = {"Atharva","Can","Haytham","Julius","Mohamed","Shivam","Fizz","Buzz","JohnDoe","Foobar","waz","Objectoriented","INSTITUTIONALISATIOL","Intercommunicational","1234","1.6"};
+    int validStringLengths[15];
     bool validEmployeeIdExpected = true;
 
+    for(int i =0;i<15;i++)
+    {
+         validStringLengths[i] = 20; 
+    }
+
     /*Act and Assert*/
 
     for(int i=0; i<15; i++)
     {
-        bool validEmployeeIdResult = isValidEmployeeID(validEmployeeId[i]);
+        bool validEmployeeIdResult = isValidEmployeeID(validEmployeeId[i],validStringLengths[i]);
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(validEmployeeIdExpected,validEmployeeIdResult);
     }
 }
@@ -35,13 +41,18 @@ void test_isNotValidEmployeeID(void)
     /*Arrange*/
     
     char* invalidEmployeeId [] = {"Atha rva","Ca n","Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen","1234 15","John  Doe","fizz Fuzz"};
+    int invalidStringLengths[6];
     bool invalidEmployeeIdExpected = false;
 
+    for(int i =0;i<6;i++)
+    {
+         invalidStringLengths[i] = 20; 
+    }
     /*Act and Assert*/
 
     for(int i=0; i<6; i++)
     {
-        bool invalidEmployeeIdResult = isValidEmployeeID(invalidEmployeeId[i]);
+        bool invalidEmployeeIdResult = isValidEmployeeID(invalidEmployeeId[i],invalidStringLengths[i]);
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(invalidEmployeeIdExpected,invalidEmployeeIdResult);
     }