how to do this? write a c++ program that given the name of a text file reads that file and counts the number occurrences of each alphabetic letter in the text. treat upper and lower case instances of a letter as the same letter. hint: look up tolower()---testing the case isn't necessary. if ch is a char, then ch-'a' is a valid c++ expression and will evaluate to 0 when ch is equal to 'a'---try 'b', 'c', and 'd'!)..
really need your help..this is for my case study.
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Jump to PostBreak it down into manageable parts. I'd say start by reading the file character by character and simply writing those characters to cout.
Jump to Postcan you give me an example code please?
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Jump to PostOK, you're current program is not going to do what you want it to at all. If I were you, I'd start by looking at the question more carefully and breaking it down into a number of small parts.
So, the question is:
write a c++ program that given …
Jump to PostOK, I think that you're missing a vital piece of information that you're given in the question. ASCII is a widely used (look it up) set of rules about how text (specifically Roman characters) is represented in computers. In ASCII the letters 'a' to 'z' and 'A' to 'Z' are …
Jump to PostA somewhat minor nit-pick:
In ASCII the letters 'a' to 'z' and 'A' to 'Z' are converted a continuous set of numbers when you convert them from
char
toint
.Letters are not converted to numbers, they are numbers. 66 is a number, and if output as a character …
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