[dwd3773]

I am trying to do a problem and I cant seem to figure out how to get started. The problem wants me to allow the user to input a letter (A-Z) and the program to output a corresponding phonetic alphabet word ie. Alpha, Bravo and so on. But I cant seem to figure out how to link the user input to the corresponding phonetic alphabet word. Im not asking for anyone to do the whole problem just give a hint or two or maybe even guide me toward a tutorial that might help.

[no2pencil]

dwd3773, on 9 Feb, 2008 - 08:59 AM, said:

I am trying to do a problem and I cant seem to figure out how to get started. The problem wants me to allow the user to input a letter (A-Z) and the program to output a corresponding phonetic alphabet word ie. Alpha, Bravo and so on. But I cant seem to figure out how to link the user input to the corresponding phonetic alphabet word. Im not asking for anyone to do the whole problem just give a hint or two or maybe even guide me toward a tutorial that might help.

Have them input a letter, upper case it, & use a select case to output what word associates with that letter.

[dwd3773]

Thanks for the help, but I have to use an if statement since that is what the chapter's over so I can get full credit for the problem. I think I figured out how to do but please review the code below and see if you now how I can streamline the code or any comments or tips.

#include <iostream>									 // Access cout
#include <cmath>										// Access power function
#include <iomanip>										// Access manipulators

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	// Local variables
	char LETTER;											  // Input from user

	cout << "Please enter a capital letter (A-Z). " << endl;  // Prompt
	cin >> LETTER;											  // Letter input

	cin.get();

	// Nested if statement that output results depending on input letter.
	if (LETTER == 'A')
		cout << "Alpha" << endl;
	else if (LETTER == 'B')
		cout << "Bravo" << endl;
	else if (LETTER == 'C')
		cout << "Charlie";
	else if (LETTER == 'D')
		cout << "Delta";
	else if (LETTER == 'E')
		cout << "Echo";
	else if (LETTER == 'F')
		cout << "Foxtrot";
	else if (LETTER == 'G')
		cout << "Golf";
	else if (LETTER == 'H')
		cout << "Hotel";
	else if (LETTER == 'I')
		cout << "India";
	else if (LETTER == 'J')
		cout << "Juliet";
	else if (LETTER == 'K')
		cout << "Kilo";
	else if (LETTER == 'L')
		cout << "Lima";
	else if (LETTER == 'M')
		cout << "Mike";
	else if (LETTER == 'N')
		cout << "November";
	else if (LETTER == 'O')
		cout << "Oscar";
	else if (LETTER == 'P')
		cout << "Papa";
	else if (LETTER == 'Q')
		cout << "Quebec";
	else if (LETTER == 'R')
		cout << "Romeo";
	else if (LETTER == 'S')
		cout << "Sierra";
	else if (LETTER == 'T')
		cout << "Tango";
	else if (LETTER == 'U')
		cout << "Uniform";
	else if (LETTER == 'V')
		cout << "Victor";
	else if (LETTER == 'W')
		cout << "Whiskey";
	else if (LETTER == 'X')
		cout << "X-ray";
	else if (LETTER == 'Y')
		cout << "Yankee";
	else if (LETTER == 'Z')
		cout << "Zulu";

	cin.get();
}