outputting spaces in a string

[LCR]

I'm working on this program for my C++ class. It works fine but I'm not quite happy with it. Basicly this accepts a string, pulls each character out and converts it to the COA equivalent. It reads the entire string including spaces, but I can't seem to get it to ouput the blank spaces again. Is there a simple way to do this?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

void evalChars(string);

void main(){

	string myString("");
	string currentChar("");
	int nextChar = 0;
	int totalChars = 0;

	cout << "Enter the string: ";
	getline(cin, myString);
	cout << myString << endl;
	totalChars = myString.length();

	while(nextChar < totalChars){

	currentChar = myString.substr(nextChar, 1);

	nextChar++;

	evalChars(currentChar);

	}
	system("pause");

}

//==========================================

void evalChars(string currentChar){
	
	if((currentChar == "A")||(currentChar == "a")) cout << "Alpha" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "B")||(currentChar == "b")) cout << "Bravo" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "C")||(currentChar == "c")) cout << "Charlie" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "D")||(currentChar == "d")) cout << "Delta" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "E")||(currentChar == "e")) cout << "Echo" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "F")||(currentChar == "f")) cout << "Foxtrot" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "G")||(currentChar == "g")) cout << "Golf" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "H")||(currentChar == "h")) cout << "Hotel" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "I")||(currentChar == "i")) cout << "India" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "J")||(currentChar == "j")) cout << "Juliet" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "K")||(currentChar == "k")) cout << "Kilo" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "L")||(currentChar == "l")) cout << "Lima" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "M")||(currentChar == "m")) cout << "Mike" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "N")||(currentChar == "n")) cout << "November" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "O")||(currentChar == "o")) cout << "Oscar" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "P")||(currentChar == "p")) cout << "Papa" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "Q")||(currentChar == "q")) cout << "Quebec" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "R")||(currentChar == "r")) cout << "Romeo" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "S")||(currentChar == "s")) cout << "Sierra" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "T")||(currentChar == "t")) cout << "Tango" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "U")||(currentChar == "u")) cout << "Uniform" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "V")||(currentChar == "v")) cout << "Victor" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "W")||(currentChar == "w")) cout << "Whiskey" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "X")||(currentChar == "x")) cout << "X-ray" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "Y")||(currentChar == "y")) cout << "Yankee" << endl;
	else if((currentChar == "Z")||(currentChar == "z")) cout << "Zulu" << endl;
	else if(currentChar == "" ) cout << " " << endl;
	else if(currentChar == ",") cout << "," << endl;
	else if(currentChar == ".") cout << "." << endl;
	else if(currentChar == "!") cout << "!" << endl;
	else if(currentChar == "?") cout << "?" << endl;


}

[Ancient Dragon]

>>else if(currentChar == "" ) cout << " " << endl;

change that "" to " " (with a space between the quotes)

else if(currentChar == "" ) cout << " " << endl;
	else if(currentChar == ",") cout << "," << endl;
	else if(currentChar == ".") cout << "." << endl;
	else if(currentChar == "!") cout << "!" << endl;
	else if(currentChar == "?") cout << "?" << endl;

why not just shorten tat to this: else cout << currentChar << endl;

[LCR]

Thanks for the thought on combining those last statements, it works and is much easier. Saddly, adding the space between the "" didn't solve the problem.

[LCR]

Adding the space did in fact work after all.... recompiling after cleaning the solution makes all the difference lol