actually it was much simpler than that. the issue was here

while(getWord[i] != '\0')
{
if(isCap(getWord[i]) && !isCap(guess))
guess = guess - 32;
...

actually this is not finished. I found out that I forgot to make it case insensitive and also I need to keep track of an alert on repeat guesses.

However the issue I am having is with case...

Thanks to all of you for your help. I got it!!!
Here is the final code...

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring> //for functions to manipulate C style strings

using namespace std;

int...

ok, I have completely changed the program. I now have three components that work seperately, but not when I attempt to mesh them.
Here is the code individually. Keep in mind that each seperate...

I am trying to convert this

into a function, but I cannot seem to get anything but more and more errors.
Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
hangman1a.cpp:
Warning...

Ok, now I am having issues with more sections of code. The first I am trying to create a function that will take getWord.length() and will output the "_" one for each letter remaining. So if the word...

Thanks Infarction. it fixed it. I modified code based on your suggestions as such:

// A simple little hangman type game
//
//included libraries
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib>
#include...

I am writing a simple (extremely simple) hangman program. Basically the user inputs a word, then they have double the number of letters in the word for guesses (for instance if the word has 7 letters...