I am a new user of c++ and not really clear on pointers and the like , I have tried to search the web for some reasonable explanation but they just don't make much sense to me still. I would like to know what I need to do to pass this string to my boolcheckpassc(char *) function and if you just explain it in plain words that would be great cause I am lost. The bool code is from my book page 542 of starting out with c++ control structures. The other code is from some other program I had with a dynamic array that I got an failure on anyway. I don't want you to write the code I just want someone to explain what I need to do to get it to work. like do I need to put in char instead of string? I am so confused. My instructor is of no help and he works for the air force.
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
/***************************************************************************/
/***************prototypes**************************************************/
void pause ();
int menu ();
string namePassword (string &newuser, string &pass);
void verifylogin();
bool checkpassc(char *);
int checkupperc(char *);
int checklowerc(char *);
int checknum(char *);
int checkspace(char *);
/****************************************************************************/
/******************main function*********************************************/
int main()
{
int cont = 2;
string *username;//ptr to dynamic array to hold names of products
string *passwords; //ptr to dynamic array to hold prices of products
int size =0;//hold the size of the dynamic array
string s1;
string s2;
do
{// start do
int choice=menu (); // call to the menu function
switch (choice)
{ // Open switch statement
/******************************************************************************/
/**********switch case one register username password**************************/
case 1:
//Get the information from the user for the product
namePassword(s1,s2);
cout<<"\n\n Enter a username:\n ";
cin>>s1;
cout<< "\tEnter a password with the following criteria:\n";
cout << "8 to 15 characters\n";
cout<< "2 uppercase\n2 lowercase\n2 numbers\n2 special characters:\n";
cin >> s2;
int length;
length = strlen(s2);
if(length >= 8 && length <= 15)
{
while (!checkpassc(s2))
{
cout << "Invalid Password. try again\n";
cin >> s2;
}
cout << "Your password: " << s2 << ", is valid\n";
}
else
cout << "The password entered must be between 8-15 characters long\n";
system("pause");
pause();
break;
/*****************************************************************************/
/******************switch case 2 login **************************************/
case 2://get the login information from the user
case 2://get the login information from the user
char lookUp[user];
char *strptr=null;
int index
cout<<"enter username\n:";
cin.getline(lookUp,user);
for (index=0; index<user; index++)
{
strPtr=strstr(user[index],lookup);
if (strPtr !=Null
cout<<"incorrect username\n";
}
if(strPtr!
pause();
break;
/******************************************************************************/
/******************************************************************************/
case 3:cont=0;
break;
} // Close switch statement
}while (cont ==2);
return 0;
}// STOP MAIN
/******************************************************************************/
/*******************void Pause function****************************************/
void pause ()
{//clears the last 80 on buffer
cout << "Press enter to continue " << endl;
cin.ignore (80, '\n');
}
/*****************************************************************************/
/**********int menu funtion********************************************/
int menu ()
{ // start int menu prototype
int c = -1;
while (c<1 || c>4)
{ // start menu
system ("cls");
cout << " 1. Register\n\n\n"
<< " 2. Login\n\n\n"
<< " 3. Exit\n\n\n";
cin >> c;
cin.ignore (80, '\n');
}//end of while loop
return c;
}// close int menu prototype
/******************************************************************************/
/******************user name function**********************************************/
string namePassword (string &newuser, string &pass);
{
}
/****************************************************************************/
/*******************password registration*************************************/
bool checkpassc(s2 *str)
{
int length = strlen(str); //function to deterine the length of the cstring
return checkupperc(str) && checklowerc(str) && checknum(str) && checkspace (str);
}
//test for upper case
int checkupperc(s2 *str)
{
int user = 0;
int length = strlen(str);
for (int count = 0; count < length; count++)
{
if (!isupper(str[count]))
user++;
}
return user;
}
//test for lower case
int checklowerc(s2 *str)
{
int user = 0;
int length = strlen(str);
for (int count = 0; count < length; count++)
{
if (!islower(str[count]))
user++;
}
return user;
}
//test if it is a number or alphabet
int checknum(s2 *str)
{
int user = 0;
int length = strlen(str);
for (int count = 0; count < length; count++)
{
if (!isdigit(str[count]))
user++;
}
return user;
}
//test if the argument is a whitespace character
int checkspace (s2 *str)
{
int user=0;
int length= strlen(str);
for(int count=0; count<length; count++)
{
if(!isspace(str[count]))
user++;
}
return user;
}
you can ignore the login function as that is just an idea I am currently working on for the login verification
