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+// Manipulator practice
+// Ch 3: Input/Output
+// The purpose of this program is to practice using the some of the manipulators
+// covered in Ch 3: fixed, showpoint, setprecision, setw
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <iomanip> // needed to use manipulators
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+	// Variable declarations
+	string name1, name2;
+	double score1, score2;
+
+	// Program title and description
+	cout << "MANIPULATOR PRACTICE" << endl;
+	cout << "The purpose of this program is to practice using the some of the\n";
+	cout << "manipulators covered in Ch 3: fixed, showpoint, setprecision, setw" 
+		<< endl << endl;
+
+	// User directions
+	cout << "You will be asked to enter 2 first names and a score for each.\n";
+	cout << "Then you will determine how to print the results in a \n";
+	cout << "column format." << endl << endl;
+
+	// Collect user input
+	cout << "Enter first name for student #1: ";
+	cin >> name1;
+	cout << "Enter score for student #1: ";
+	cin >> score1;
+
+	cout << "Enter first name for student #2: ";
+	cin >> name2;
+	cout << "Enter score for student #2: ";
+	cin >> score2;
+
+	// Instructions for output:
+	// Determine how to print the results in columns
+	// Use column headings to label each column
+	// Determine appropriate alignment for each column
+	// Determine which manipulators are needed to control numerical output
+	
+	// Output results
+
+    //This solution doesn't really work with super long names or super long scores
+    //I don't know if this is a problem for this assignment or not
+    //If long names were important, then i'd get the length of the name, add 3 to it, and set that as what setw's value would be.
+    cout << left << setw(13) << "Name" << right << setw(13) << "Score" << endl;
+    cout << left << setw(13) << name1 << right << setw(13) << score1 << endl;
+    cout << left << setw(13) << name2 << right << setw(13) << score2 << endl;
+
+	return 0;
+}