character counting program error
Dec 18, 2015 at 4:13pm UTC
I write character counting program(lowercase letter, uppercase latter, numbers, punctuations and white space) but program doesnt count first character. I cant find error please help...And many thanks....
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#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char array;
int i = 0, lowercase = 0, uppercase = 0, numbers = 0, space = 0, punctuation = 0, total;
cout << "Enter a sentence(program terminated with the @ character): " <<endl;
cin >> array;
cout <<endl;
for (i=0; i<=100; i++)
{
cin.get(array);
if (array=='@' )
{
break ;
}
if (islower(array)){
lowercase++;
}
else if (isupper(array)){
uppercase++;
}
else if (isdigit(array)){
numbers++;
}
else if (isspace(array)){
space++;
}
else if (ispunct(array)){
punctuation++;
}
else
i++;
}
total = lowercase + uppercase + numbers + space + punctuation;
cout << "Your sentence has " << lowercase << " lowercase letters." << endl;
cout << "Your sentence has " << uppercase << " uppercase letters." <<endl;
cout << "Your sentence has " << numbers << " numbers." <<endl;
cout << "Your sentence has " << space << " spaces." <<endl;
cout << "Your sentence has " << punctuation << " punctuations." <<endl;
cout << "Your sentence has " << total << " total characters." <<endl;
getchar();
system("pause" );
return 0;
}
Last edited on Dec 18, 2015 at 4:15pm UTC
Dec 18, 2015 at 4:16pm UTC
Line 19: Reading in another character before you've used the first one.
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