hey everyone,
I am including my code and was wondering if there is a prefered way to document?
I have comments which describe what does what, but I'm wondering if there is a neater and/or more efficient way to do it...
/*****************************************************
* COSC 230 - Structured Programming
* Chapter 5: cntChar.sln
* Mar. 2, 2007
*
* Discription:
* Prompt the user to specify a character to be counted
* Prompt the user for the sentence which the character should be counted
* Output the number of times the character was found
* Ask if the user wants to count a character in another sentence
******************************************************/
//header files
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
//main function
int main()
{
//declare chars
char ch ;
char y ;
char z ;
//declare ints
int count ;
//declare bools
bool cont = true ;
bool valinput ;
//while the user wants to continue (cont==true), continue loop
while ( cont == true )
{
//set count = 0 to reset character counter
count = 0 ;
//promt user for character to be counted and sentence
cout << "Enter a character to count: " << flush ;
//assign character to 'ch'
cin >> ch ;
cout << endl << "Enter a sentence terminated by a period (.) or question mark (?): " << endl ;
//do...while 'y' != delemiter '.' or '?'
do
{
//assign each letter to 'y'
cin >> y ;
//if 'y' == 'letter', increment 'count'
if ( y == letter )
{
count++ ;
}
}
while ( ( y != '.' ) && ( y != '?' ) ) ;
cout << "The character " << letter << " appeared " << count << " times in your sentence." << endl ;
//do... while a valid input has not been provided when asked
//if the user wants to count another character in another sentence
do
{
cout << endl << "Want to do another? (y/n): " << flush ;
cin >> z ;
if ( z == 'y' )
{
cont = true ;
valinput = true ;
}
else if ( z == 'n' )
{
cont = false ;
valinput = true ;
}
else
{
cout << "!! INVALID INPUT !!" << endl;
valinput = false ;
}
}
while ( valinput == false ) ;
}
return 0 ;
}
