C++ Program to get the day the month starts on, and the number of days in the month to output a calendar

C++ Program to get the day the month starts  on, and the number of days in the month to  output a calendar.

//-------------------Includes-------------------- 
#include <iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>

//--------------Function Prototypes-------------- 
int ShowDateLine(int day, int EndDay, int BoxWidth); 
void ShowRestOfBox(int BoxWidth, int BoxHeight); 
void ShowDates(int BoxWidth); 
void Divider(int BoxWidth); 

//---------------------Main---------------------- 
int main() 
{
    int StartDay, EndDay, day, counter, weeks; 
    const int BoxWidth = 8, BoxHeight = 3; 
    char end; 
    cout << "1. Sun  2. Mon  3. Tue  4. Wed " << endl; 
    cout << "5. Thu  6. Fri  7. Sat" << endl << endl; 
    do 
    { 
        cout << "Enter the starting day: "; 
        cin >> StartDay; 
        if ((StartDay < 1) || (StartDay > 7)) 
        { 
            cout << "\aError, must be between 1 and 7.\n"; 
    }
    } 
    while ((StartDay < 1) || (StartDay > 7)); /* Error checking */ 
    day = StartDay * -1 + 2; 
    cout << "Enter the amount of days in the month: "; 
    cin >> EndDay; 
    cout << endl; 
    weeks = (EndDay + StartDay - 2) / 7; 
weeks++; 
    //----------------Draw Calendar------------------ 
    ShowDates(BoxWidth); 
    Divider(BoxWidth); 
    for (counter = 0; counter < weeks; counter++) 
    { 
        day = ShowDateLine(day, EndDay, BoxWidth); 
        ShowRestOfBox(BoxWidth, BoxHeight); 
        Divider(BoxWidth); 
    } 
    cout<<"Press any key to continue"<<endl;
getch();
}

//------------------Functions-------------------- 
int ShowDateLine(int day, int EndDay, int BoxWidth) 
/* Outputs a '*' then it outputs the days till it reaches the 'EndWeek' value. 
If day reaches the EndDay value, then it will output a space instead of a day. 
After each date it will output a '*', then proceed 'BoxWidth' spaces ahead. */ 
{ 
    int counter, EndWeek; 
    cout.setf(ios::right); 
    cout << "*"; 
    EndWeek = day + 7; 
    for (counter = 0; counter < 7; counter++, day++) 
    { 
        cout.width(BoxWidth - 1); 
        if ((day < 1) || (day > EndDay)) 
        { 
            cout << " "; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            cout << day; 
        } 
        cout << "*"; 
    } 
    cout << endl; 

    return day; 
} 
//----------------------------------------------- 
void ShowRestOfBox(int BoxWidth, int BoxHeight) 
/* Outputs a '*' every 'BoxWidth' length, for a total of 8 '*'. 
It does that 'BoxHeight' times. */ 
{ 
    int countera, counterb; 
    cout.setf(ios::right); 
    for (countera = 1; countera < BoxHeight + 0; countera++) 
    { 
        cout << "*"; 
        for (counterb = 0; counterb < 7; counterb++) 
        { 
             cout.width(BoxWidth); 
             cout << "*"; 
        } 
        cout << endl; 
    } 
} 
//----------------------------------------------- 
void ShowDates(int BoxWidth) 
/* Outputs the all 7 days of the week. It takes the 'BoxWidth' and outputs the 
day in the 
middle of where the box will be. */ 
{ 
  cout.setf(ios::right); 
  cout.width(BoxWidth / 2 + 2); 
  cout << "Sun"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Mon"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Tue"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Wed"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Thu"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Fri"; 
  cout.width(BoxWidth); 
  cout << "Sat" << endl; 
} 
//----------------------------------------------- 
void Divider(int BoxWidth) 
//Outputs a bar of '*' 'BoxWidth' * 7 + 1 
{ 
    int length, counter; 
    length = BoxWidth * 7 + 1; 
    for (counter = 0; counter < length; counter++) 
    { 
        cout << "*"; 
    } 
    cout << endl; 
}  

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