need some help

[JPed2003]

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
// build command map
string commands[] = {
"east", "north", "south", "west" // ... all the command word with lower case
};
const int nCount = sizeof(commands)/sizeof(string);

// receive command from console and convert to lowercase
string strCmd;
cin >> strCmd;
for(int i=0; i<strCmd.size(); i++)
strCmd[i] = _tolower(strCmd[i]);

// map command to int
for(i=0; i<nCount; i++)
{
if(strCmd == commands[i])
break;
}

// execute command
switch(i)
{
case string:
cout << "East" << endl;
break;
case string:
cout << "North" << endl;
break;
case string:
cout << "West" << endl;
break;
case string:
cout << "South" << endl;
break;


default:
cout << "Unknow command." << endl;
}
}


someone want to explain whats going on in this to me?... i understand a little but it would be great to know it all... just reply please

[ZAK]

First the programming is building an array of strings...then it is finding out the size of the array...getting input in the form of a string converting the string to lowercase checking to see if there is a command through the for if statment (the break statement is very very sloppy loop should be a while loop) and performs an operation based on the input it got using a switch structure which outputs a command.

[JPed2003]

so whats an example of some none sloppy loops?

[Mario]

Originally posted by JPed2003
so whats an example of some none sloppy loops?

x = 0;  //it was declared on a previous 'for'
while(commands[x] != strCmd && x < nCount){x++;}

[NANO]

Sorry I post it again in this way so I can write it:

Originally posted by JPed2003

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>

using namespace std;

int main(){

    // build command map
    string commands[] = {
         "east", "north", "south", "west" // ... all the command word  with lower case 
    };
    const int nCount = sizeof(commands)/sizeof(string);

    // receive command from console and convert to lowercase
    string strCmd;
    cin >> strCmd;
    for(int i=0; i<strCmd.size(); i++)
        strCmd[i] = _tolower(strCmd[i]);
        // map command to int
   for(i=0; i<nCount; i++) {
        if(strCmd == commands[i])  
             break;
    }//for

    // execute command
    switch(i) {
    case string:
           cout << "East" << endl;
           break;
    case string:
        cout << "North" << endl;
        break;
   case string:
        cout << "West" << endl;
        break;
   case string:
        cout << "South" << endl;
        break;
    
    default:
        cout << "Unknow command." << endl;
  }//switch
return 0;
}//main

someone want to explain whats going on in this to me?... i understand a little but it would be great to know it all... just reply please

let me see it again.