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Help with the execution of this program

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I am a newbie to C++ and I'm not sure of anything at this point in time however,I got a problem with the starting phase of this program that well prompt the user to input a single character and output a inter4national Civil Aviation Word !!!!! The prolem that I have is that you have to enter a character before it will start and it closes after just one entry I don't see what is wrong!!!! Can somebody Help
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  1. #include "stdafx.h"
  2. # include <iostream>
  3.  
  4. using namespace std;
  5.  
  6. int main()
  7.  
  8. {
  9.     int a;
  10.     char letter;
  11.     cin>>letter;
  12.  
  13.     cout << "Enter a single capitalize character, Example A:";
  14.     cin >> letter;
  15.  
  16.     switch (letter)
  17. {
  18.   case 'A': cout << "ALPHA";      // do something
  19.             break;
  20.   case 'B': cout << "Bravo";      // do something
  21.             break;
  22.   case 'C': cout << "Charlie";
  23.             break;
  24.   case 'D': cout << "Delta";
  25.             break;
  26.   case 'E': cout << "Echo";
  27.             break;
  28.   case 'F': cout << "Foxtrot";
  29.             break;
  30.   case 'G': cout << "Gulf";
  31.             break;
  32.   case 'H': cout << "Hotel";
  33.             break;
  34.   case 'I': cout << "India";
  35.             break;
  36.   case 'J': cout << "Juliet";
  37.             break;
  38.   case 'K': cout << "Kilo";
  39.             break;
  40.   case 'L': cout << "Lima";
  41.             break;
  42.   case 'M': cout << "Mike";
  43.             break;
  44.   case 'N': cout << "November";
  45.             break;
  46.   case 'O': cout << "Oscar";
  47.             break;
  48.   case 'P': cout << "Papa";
  49.             break;
  50.   case 'Q': cout << "Quebec";
  51.             break;
  52.   case 'R': cout << "Romeo";
  53.             break;
  54.   case 'S': cout << "Sierra";
  55.             break;
  56.   case 'T': cout << "Tango";
  57.             break;
  58.   case 'U': cout << "Uniform";
  59.             break;
  60.   case 'V': cout << "Victor";
  61.             break;
  62.   case 'W': cout << "Whiskey";
  63.             break;
  64.   case 'X': cout << "X-ray";
  65.             break;
  66.   case 'Y': cout << "Yankee";
  67.             break;
  68.   case 'Z': cout << "Zulu";
  69.             break;
  70.   default : cout << "Error";
  71. }
  72.  
  73.  
  74.     cin >> a;
  75.  
  76.     return 0;
  77. }
Last edited by Dave Sinkula; Sep 16th, 2006 at 9:51 pm. Reason: Added [code][/code] tags -- learn to use them yourself.
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Hi wheelz,
You should check the input with While loop.It's something like this:
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  1. while((cin >> letter) != '0')
  2. {
  3.        Your switch statement;
  4.        And so... .;
  5. }

Good luck.
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I don't think I understand the problem.
Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by wheelz ...
I am a newbie to C++ and I'm not sure of anything at this point in time however,I got a problem with the starting phase of this program that well prompt the user to input a single character and output a inter4national Civil Aviation Word !!!!!
So you prompt the user to enter a character.
Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by wheelz ...
The prolem that I have is that you have to enter a character before it will start...
Ummm, isn't this the definition of "prompt the user to input a single character"? Why would this be a problem?

Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by wheelz ...
... and it closes after just one entry
Bottom of the program:
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  1. case 'Z': cout << "Zulu";
  2.             break;
  3.   default : cout << "Error";
  4. }
  5.  
  6. cin >> a;
  7.  
  8.     return 0;
  9. }
Output the information, accept a character (which reads the [enter] from above -- remember, you entered a letter AND the ENTER key) and exit. The only problem I see is the program probably doesn't wait at the end. Change the top cin to getline to keep the input stream clean, read it into a string and move the first character of the string to letter and continue.

Also, #include "stdafx.h" i not necessary.
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>>Also, #include "stdafx.h" i not necessary

It is with VC++ compilers and have precompiled headers turned on.
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