class StudentMarks {

private:

  int as;     // the number of As for this student
  int bs;     // the number of Bs for this student
  int cs;     // the number of Cs for this student
  int others; // the number of other (worse) marks for this student
  // deduct 1 mark if student has included the academic score here
  
public:
       
  // deduct 2 marks if student has no comments in the public section
  //    (or deduct 1 mark if not all methods have comments below)
  // deduct 1 additional mark if student has no comments in cpp file
  
  // deduct 1 mark if student is missing "const" anywhere below
  // deduct 1 mark if "&" missing on &otherStudent

  // constructs a new student with 0 As, 0 Bs, 0 Cs, 0 other marks
  StudentMarks();

  // constructs a new student with "as" As, "bs" Bs, "cs" Cs, "others" other marks
  StudentMarks(int as, int bs, int cs, int others);

  // the student gets an A
  void gotA();
  
  // the student gets a B
  void gotB();
  
  // the student gets a C
  void gotC();
  
  // the students gets another (lower) mark
  void gotOther();

  // prints the marks as: "As-Bs-Cs-others" 
  void printMarks() const;

  // returns the number of As this student has to date
  int numAs() const;
  
  // returns true if the number of As and Bs is greater than the
  // number of Cs and other marks
  bool mostAboveC() const;
  
  // returns true if the student has at least as many As as the
  // other student, false otherwise
  bool asManyAs(const StudentMarks &otherStudent) const;

  // returns the academic score for this student, calculated as 3 for each A,
  // 2 for each B, 1 for each C, and 0 for any other marks
  int acadScore() const;

};