help with piglatin program

[gotrice33]

Hey guys I'm new here and I just wanted some help on my Pig-Latin program. The program basically converts a word into Pig-Latin. If the word starts with a vowel, it just adds "-yay" to the end of it. If it starts with a consonant, however, it takes everything before the first vowel and puts it at the end of the word then adds "ay". For example:
is = is-yay
there = ere-thay
monkey = onkey-may
etc...

So far I have the vowels done. I can translate any word that starts with a vowel easily. The problem is with words that start with a consonant. I know it has to do with the commands, find_first_of, substr(), etc. but I'm not sure what to do.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>

using namespace std;

inline bool isvowel(char c)
{
    bool vowel;
    switch(toupper(c))
    {
        case 'E': case 'A': case 'U': case 'O': case 'I': case 'Y':
        {
            vowel = true;
        }
        break;
        default:
        {
            vowel = false;
        }
    }
    return vowel;
}

int main(void)
{
    string word;
    string::size_type cons;
    const string vowels = "aeiouAEIOU";
    
    cout << "\n\t\tWelcome to the Pig-Latin Word Conversion Program. \n\n";
    cout << "Please enter a word: ";
    cin >> word;
    
    
    if(isvowel(word[0]))
    {
        cout << "\nThe translation for that in Pig-Latin would be "
             <<word<<"-yay.\n\n";
    }
    else
    {
//SOMETHING NEEDED HERE FOR CONSONANT CONVERSION
        cout << "\nThe translation for that in Pig-Latin would be ";           
    }   
    
    return 0;
}

thanks alot guys.

[gotrice33]

anyone please?

[nano511]

Im no good with strings, so ill just say edit your post with code tags and put tabs to make it easier to read.

[gotrice33]

ok i jsut edited it. yea im not good with strings either lol thats why i'm here. thanks for looking though

[nano511]

well, im not sure what functions to use and stuff but here some psuedo code lol

get the first letter of word and store it in storage( storage is a string or char, idk lol )
remove the first letter from word
add -yay to the end of word
add storage in 4 letters from the end of word

Im sure theres some functions that could do that.

[sohguanh]

Look at C++ string class methods to see if they can help you on your program.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/

[gotrice33]

sohguanh trust me i've looked at it for several hours haha. i just can't figure it out for some reason..... and thanks nano for that , that's exactly what i need. i just don't know how to code that

[nano511]

I would look at the modifiers on that page sohguanh linked if i were you.

and by look at i mean click on them and see how they work.

[gotrice33]

ive been looking at it for about 30 minutes i'll try to write a code, i'll report back

[gotrice33]

yea wow i tried to do word.find_first_of(vowels) but it won't run.... i have no idea what to do.

[gotrice33]

please anyone

[sohguanh]

//SOMETHING NEEDED HERE FOR CONSONANT CONVERSION

size_t found=word.find_first_of("aeiou");
if (found!=string::npos) {
  string word2(word.substr(found,word.length()));
  word2 += "-";
  word2 += word.substr(0,found);
  word2 += "ay";

  cout << word2 <<"\n";
} else cout << "\nThe translation for that in Pig-Latin would be "<<word<<"\n";

[gotrice33]

wow sohguanh u are a savior.. there's still one problem with it though.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>

using namespace std;

inline bool isvowel(char c)
{
    bool vowel;
    switch(toupper(c))
    {
        case 'E': case 'A': case 'U': case 'O': case 'I': case 'Y':
        {
            vowel = true;
        }
        break;
        default:
        {
            vowel = false;
        }
    }
    return vowel;
}

int main(void)
{
    string word; 
    cout << "\n\t\tWelcome to the Pig-Latin Word Conversion Program. \n\n";
    cout << "Please enter a word: ";
    cin >> word;
    
    
    if(isvowel(word[0]))
    {
        cout << "\nThe translation for that in Pig-Latin would be "
             <<word<<"-yay.\n\n";
    }
    else
    {
       size_t found=word.find_first_of("aeiou");
        if (found!=string::npos) 
        {
            string word2(word.substr(found,word.length()));
            word2 += "-";
            word2 += word.substr(0,found);
            word2 += "ay";

            cout << word2 <<"\n";
         } else cout << "\nThe translation for that in Pig-Latin would be "<"ay";           
    }   
    
    return 0;
}

there are 3 errors on line 49 which is the line with the else cout.
error: no match for 'operator<' in 'std::operator<<
error: note: candidates are: operator<(const char*, const char*)<build-in>
error: operator<(void*, void*)<build-in>

it seems like everything is good except for line 49. i really appreciate it though

[gotrice33]

actually it works perfectly now. u are srsly a savior.....

[sohguanh]

Do not just copy and paste and submit. Look at how the string member functions are used. There are other ways to do also. I uses += I could have used append(....) as well but the idea is you need to look at documentation and learn.

I understand you have stared at it for hours so hopefully you get the 'hang of it'. You need them if you intend to focus on programming as your full-time job in future.