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Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

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This is an array string problem where I have to ask for a sentence input that includes an integer (between 0 and 9), then the program has to change that integer to its name in words.

Like: This is test 3.

Would say: This is test three.

My program does it, but it includes many nested if statements, so I want to know if there is a shorter way to do it. Also, can I do it for any sentence length?
Or do I have to tell the user how long it has to be?

For this program i did it as if the user is going to enter a sentence 6 words long or less!
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  1. #include <cstdlib>
  2. #include <iostream>
  3. #include <string>
  4. #include <iomanip>
  5.  
  6.  
  7. using namespace std;
  8.  
  9. int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  10. {
  11.  
  12. int size=6;
  13.  
  14.    string sentence[size];
  15.    string done;
  16.  
  17.   cout<<"enter a sentence that includes a number:"<<endl;
  18.   for (int n=0; n<size; n++)
  19.  cin>>sentence[n];
  20.  
  21.  
  22.  
  23.  
  24.    for(int i=0; i<size; i++)
  25.    {
  26.    if (sentence[i]=="0")
  27.    {sentence[i]="zero";
  28.    }
  29.    else
  30.    {
  31.      if(sentence[i]=="1")
  32.            {sentence[i]="one";
  33.            }
  34.            else
  35.            { 
  36.            if (sentence[i]=="2")
  37.              { sentence[i]="two";
  38.              }
  39.                 else
  40.                 { if (sentence[i]=="3")
  41.                      {sentence[i]="three";
  42.                      }
  43.                    else
  44.                    {
  45.                        if (sentence[i]=="4")
  46.                        {sentence[i]="four"; 
  47.                        }
  48.                        else
  49.                        {
  50.                            if(sentence[i]=="5")
  51.                            {sentence[i]="five";
  52.                            }
  53.                            else 
  54.                            {
  55.                                 if(sentence[i]=="6") 
  56.                                 {sentence[i]="six";
  57.                                 }
  58.                                 else
  59.                                 {
  60.                                     if (sentence[i]=="7")
  61.                                     {sentence[i]="seven";
  62.                                     }
  63.                                     else
  64.                                     {
  65.                                         if(sentence[i]=="8")
  66.                                         {sentence[i]="eigth";
  67.                                         }
  68.                                         else
  69.                                         {
  70.                                             if(sentence[i]=="9")
  71.                                             {sentence[i]="nine";
  72.                                             }
  73.                                         }
  74.                                     }
  75.                                 }
  76.                            }
  77.                        }
  78.                    }            
  79.                 }
  80.              }
  81.  
  82.            }
  83.             cout<<sentence[i]<<" ";
  84.  
  85.    }    
  86.  
  87.  
  88.     system("PAUSE");
  89.     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  90. }
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

You could do it with a switch/case statement...
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

You can avoid nested if statements with the else if clause:
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  1. if ( sentence[i] == '0' )
  2.   cout<<"zero";
  3. else if ( sentence[i] == '1' )
  4.   cout<<"one";
  5. else if ( sentence[i] == '2' )
  6.   cout<<"two";
  7. else if ( sentence[i] == '3' )
  8.   cout<<"three";
  9. else if ( sentence[i] == '4' )
  10.   cout<<"four";
  11. else if ( sentence[i] == '5' )
  12.   cout<<"five";
  13. else if ( sentence[i] == '6' )
  14.   cout<<"six";
  15. else if ( sentence[i] == '7' )
  16.   cout<<"seven";
  17. else if ( sentence[i] == '8' )
  18.   cout<<"eight";
  19. else if ( sentence[i] == '9' )
  20.   cout<<"nine";
Or with a switch statement:
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  1. switch ( sentence[i] ) {
  2. case '0': cout<<"zero"; break;
  3. case '1': cout<<"one"; break;
  4. case '2': cout<<"two"; break;
  5. case '3': cout<<"three"; break;
  6. case '4': cout<<"four"; break;
  7. case '5': cout<<"five"; break;
  8. case '6': cout<<"six"; break;
  9. case '7': cout<<"seven"; break;
  10. case '8': cout<<"eight"; break;
  11. case '9': cout<<"nine"; break;
  12. }
Alternatively, a table based approach is generally easier to get right:
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  1. string number[] = {
  2.   "zero","one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine"
  3. };
  4.  
  5. cout<< number[sentence[i] - '0'];
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

Thank you very much!

I am going to try this!

It really is much shorter than my long nested if statements!

thanks!
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

Narue,

Isn't this supposed to be:
if ( sentence[i][0] == '0' )
cout<<"zero";
else if ( sentence[i][0] == '1' )
..etc..?

you have:
if ( sentence[i] == '0' )

You want to compare the first character. The sentence[i] is a string not a character.

Same thing with this:
switch ( sentence[i] )
should be:
switch ( sentence[i][0] )

(It's nice to be able to correct you once instead of the opposite)..
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

You are rigth!

I tried to work with the switch statement without the two brakets and it did not work.

However, tell me when how do you refer to
this statement:

switch(sentence[i][0])

Does the second braket hold any value or not, its just that two dimensional arrays confuse me a little so i am not sure if both brakets chage value or not?
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I can't believe Narue hasn't commented on this...
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

In the OP sentence was declared thus:

string sentence[size];

Therefore, in the syntax used by the OP sentence is an array of string of size size. Therefore to refer to a given char of a given string you would need to use multidimensional []s. However, why use that syntax? It's much easier to just use:

string sentence;

and then use the routine single dimension [] to refer to a given char within sentence. This is what Narue apperas to have to used in her demonstrations.

The point of the post/original question was how to convert the value of a given char or a given int into a word of English. The techniques presented can be modified to whatever syntax you need/wish.
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Re: Is there a simplest way to work this array problem?

Also note, in the OP, that

int size = 6;
string sentence[size];

is illegal as the size of a static array needs to be specified using a constant value, not a variable. To use a variable to declare memory for an array you must use dynamic memory, not static. This is just another reason to use a single string, not an array of strings. And again, since it wasn't the meat of the question, it is more for your education, than to answer the original question.
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>I can't believe Narue hasn't commented on this...
Narue has a day job that saps a lot of her time. :rolleyes: Anyway, any similarity between my examples and a complete solution is purely coincidence. If any code that I post doesn't compile, then chances are good that the intention was to convey an idea, and it's your job to integrate the idea into your code.
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