Help with function :)

ok i have a function to return a certain letter for right now. I just want to get the function to work, later i will have a graphic thing i will print that will correspond to the letter in each of the memory spaces. ok well here it is...

Code:

#include <iostream> 
#include <cstring> 
using namespace std;

#define wait 900000

char abcZ(char input[03]);

int main()
{ 
    char user[03];
    int count; 
    cout << "Translate: ";
    cin.getline(user, 30);
    do{
         abcZ(user[30]);
    }while(count < 30);
}

char abcZ(char input[26])
{
     int count = 0;
     char letter[30] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
     if(strcmp(input[count], letter[count]) == 0)
     {
          count ++;
          return letter letter;
     }
}

it sends me an error on line 16 saying "invalid conversion 'char' to char''. Any advice would be nice ty .

> char user[03];
Surely you meant 30

> return letter letter;
Maybe return letter[count];

> abcZ(user[30]);
To pass the array, it would be
abcZ(user);

> while(count < 30)
count isn't initialised
count isn't modified
This either loops one or loops forever, depending on what random value count gets initialised with.

ok here i realize i made some mistakes in typing the code last time i will show you the copied from the editor...

Code:

#include <iostream> 
#include <cstring> 
using namespace std;

#define wait 900000

char abcZ(char input[03]);

int main()
{ 
    char user[03];
    int count; 
    cout << "Translate: ";
    cin.getline(user, 30);
    do{
         abcZ(user[30]);
    }while(count < 30);
}

char abcZ(char input[26])
{
     int count = 0;
     char letter[30] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
     if(strcmp(input[count], letter[count]) == 0)
     {
          count ++;
          return letter letter;
     }
}

and in the function it gives me the same error, how do i compare specific array elements?

> ok here i realize i made some mistakes in typing the code last time i will show you the copied from the editor
Apparently, this looks the same as last time, so I'm not going to waste any more bandwidth on you.....

It might be this what the young lad wants:

Code:

#include <iostream> 
#include <cstring> 
using namespace std;

#define wait 900000

char abcZ(char input[30], unsigned int& count);

int main()
{ 
    char user[30];
    unsigned int count = 0; 

    cout << "Translate: ";
    cin.getline(user, 30);
    
     // Do "translation"(?) until we reach the end of user input
     do
     {
          cout << "abcZ returned: ";
          cout << abcZ(user, count) << endl;
     }
     while( count < strlen(user));

     return 0;
}

char abcZ(char input[30], unsigned int& count)
{
     char letter[30] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
	 
     // For every char in letter array
     for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < strlen(letter); i++)
     {
          // See if current character in user input matches a character from input array
          if ( input[count] == letter[i])
          {
		// If so return match
		count++;
		return letter[i];
          }
     }

     // If not - return whatever?
     count++;
     return char(' ');
}

Dunno, just a guess...

I might be wrong, but I thought functions were supposed to go before main in the code?

More correctly, functions need to be defined before they are called. You could have function f() call function g(),
but g() would need to be defined first, for instance. In a program of reasonable size this quickly becomes a pain so mcpunky wrote a prototype near the top:

Code:

char abcZ(char input[30], unsigned int& count);

The compiler will see this and know exactly what function to call, therefore, he can write the function anywhere in the file.

edit: citizen typed what I wanted to say before I could say it and better to boot.

>> More correctly, functions need to be defined before they are called.
They need to be declared (also known as prototyped). They can be defined later.

ok so i did declare the function, and if you look closely both of my sc posts are different. and i will try. BUT y do i need to declare count in the function outside the array brackets?

>> ok so i did declare the function
You did, that conversation was about Dash_Riprock's post.

>> if you look closely both of my sc posts are different.
I looked closely, and I didn't see a difference. Besides, the point was that Salem gave you four things to look at, and you didn't change or respond to any of them.

>> y do i need to declare count in the function outside the array brackets?
You don't need to, mcpunky was apparently showing you one way to make sure count gets updated. Passing it by reference to the function that uses it allows the original variable to be updated.

You shouldn't really be concerned about that now, I would suggest getting your code to compile first. Perhaps start with an empty main and then add things one at a time, compiling as you go so that you can catch all your errors before they pile up into a largely incorrect program.

thank you all i will post the ultimate program later, it is a pointless program but im trying to learn new things. ty again