Thread: Need help with capitalizing char strings

Hi all,
I'm taking an intro course to C and am starting to get very lost. We're on the topic of character strings and are being asked to create a program that will capitalize the first letter of every word in the provided prose. I'm successful in getting the entire thing capitalized but can't figure out how to make it so I can access the first characters of each word. Below is the code that capitalizes all the letters. Can someone provide guidance as to how I'd need to make it so it capitalizes only the first letters?
The output should read, To Be Or Not To Be That Is The Question.

Thank you in advance. Below is my code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
  char prose[] = "to be or not to be that is the question";
  int  i, len;
  
  puts (prose);
  
  len = strlen(prose);

  for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
  {
    prose[i] = toupper(prose[i]);
  }

  puts (prose);
  
  return 0;
}

yes, that's correct, so each letter after a space would be capitalized. Thanks for the isspace tip

Thanks for the code. I tried it but it comes up with the following error:
fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'iostream.h': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\test\test\Debug\BuildLog.ht m"

Do you know how I can tweak it so I don't get the error?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by vart

do not use gets and magic constants

WHy So??

Hey sorry that was the code in C++! oops i've corrected it!you can now try it!

Hey chottachatri,

I keep getting an error related to 'i', saying it's an undeclared identifier.
do you know a way around this? I declared int i in the beginning but still didn't work.

Hey ChotaChatri!!

Are you from India?

chottachatri,
Nevermind, I put int i in the wrong place...Works like a charm!!!

Thanks for the help my friend.
Joe

Oh god!! ok fine..i didn't modify it properly..you can declare i in the beginning That rules of Cpp oops..sorry for inconvience..let me post the new code with all bugs removed

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
 char s[100];
 int flag=1,i;
 printf("\n\nEnter Any String :");
 fgets(s,99,stdin);
 for(i=0;s[i]!='\0';i++)
 {
	if(s[i]==' ')
	{
		flag=1;
		i++;
	}
	if (flag==1 && s[i]>=97 && s[i]<=122)
		s[i]=s[i]-32;
	flag=0;
 }
 printf(s);
 return 0;
}

Please let me know if this is working or not!