🎓 Student Card-Grade Management System

A fully functional C++ console application for managing student records using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and a singly linked list. Designed for beginner-to-intermediate C++ learners, this project demonstrates classes, structs, getters/setters, dynamic memory allocation, and file I/O — all wrapped in a clean console interface.

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📌 Features

• Add Student — Store student number, name, and final mark.
• View Students — Display all students in a well-formatted list.
• Search Student — Find a student by their student number.
• Edit Student — Update existing student details.
• Delete Student — Remove a student record safely from the linked list.
• Clear Console & Padding — Custom formatting functions for a neat UI.
• Data Validation — Prevents invalid input entries.
• Dynamic Memory Management — Avoids memory leaks.
• Linked List Implementation — Nodes store student data and pointers to the next node.

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🛠 Technologies Used

• C++17
• Singly Linked List
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Standard Template Library (STL) (where applicable)
• File I/O (optional extension)

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📂 Project Structure

📁 StudentCardGradeManagementSystem
│── main.cpp                 # Entry point
│── StudentNode.h            # Struct definition for student node
│── StudentList.h            # Class definition
│── StudentList.cpp          # Class implementation
│── utils.h / utils.cpp      # Helper functions (clearScreen, padding, etc.)
│── README.md                # Project documentation

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🚀 Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Boitumelo-09/STUDENT-CARD-GRADE-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM.git
cd STUDENT-CARD-GRADE-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM.

2️⃣ Compile the project

Using g++:

g++ main.cpp StudentList.cpp utils.cpp -o StudentCardSystem

Using MinGW (Windows):

g++ main.cpp StudentList.cpp utils.cpp -o StudentCardSystem.exe

3️⃣ Run the program

./StudentCardSystem

or on Windows:

StudentCardSystem.exe

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📸 Example Output

::::::::::::::: STUDENT LIST :::::::::::::::
STUDENT NO   |   NAME          |   MARK
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2023001      |   John Doe      |   78
2023002      |   Alice Smith   |   85
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🧠 Learning Goals

This project teaches you how to:

• Build a linked list from scratch.
• Separate class declarations and implementations into .h and .cpp files.
• Apply getters and setters for encapsulation.
• Create search, edit, and delete functions with pointer manipulation.
• Use custom console formatting for professional-looking output.

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📌 Future Improvements

• Save and load student data from a file (persistence).
• Sort students by mark or name.
• Add GPA calculation.
• Implement menu navigation with arrow keys.

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👨‍💻 Author

GlitcLord (Boitumelo Clement Mkhondo) The Master of C++ OOP and Linked List Wizardry.

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