#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
void print(char sentence2[],int size);//function to print sentence when done
 
void stripWhite(char point[],char sentence2[],int size);//uses pointers to strip sentence of spaces
 
int main ()
{//main
 
	char sentence1[1000];//first array to obtain sentence
 
	int size;//integer to decide how big new array should be
 
	cout << "Please enter a sentence and I will strip it of all spaces." << endl;
 
	cin >> sentence1;//input for first array
 
	for(int i=0;i<1000;i++)//for loop to find out size of array
	{//for
		if(sentence1[i] >= 'a' && sentence1[i] <= 'z' || sentence1[i] == ' ' || sentence1[i] == ',' || sentence1[i] == '.')
		{//if
			size++;
		}//if
	}//for
 
	char sentence2[size];//new array with exact size it should be
 
	for(int y;y<size;y++)//for loop to copy contents of first array to second
	{//for
		sentence2[y]=sentence1[y];
	}//for
 
	char point;//soon to be pointer
 
	for(int y;y<size;y++)//for loop to get point to become a pointer to second array
	{//for
		point[y]=&sentence2[y];
	}//for
 
	cout << endl;
 
	stripWhite(sentence2,point,size);
 
	return 0;
}//main
 
void print(char sentence2[],int size)//print function
{//void print
 
	for(int z;z<size;z++)
	{//for
		cout << sentence2[z];
	}//for
 
}//void
 
char stripWhite(char point[],char sentence2[],int size)//function to strip sentence of spaces
{//char stripWhite
 
	for(int y;y<size;y++)//for loop to only set non space characters to second array
	{//for
		if(point[y]!=' ')//if to decide if it is a space or not
		{//if
			sentence2[y]=*point[y];
		}//if
	}//for
 
	print(sentence2,size);//function call to print finished sentence
 
}//char

//str is the string passed. Key is the key that seperates the word
//does not use pointers.
void Strip(std::string str, char key)
{
    string Temp = "";
 
   for(int i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) //Run through the string
    {  
          if(str[i] == key) 
          {
                 // copy str from 0 to i into temp
          }
     }
   return Temp;
}