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    A little program I wrote for fun !

    Hey (...)
    I know it could be considered somewhat arrogant to do this, but I'm just asking for some helpful 'reviews' of the following short program.
    The program takes a yes/no Question and gives a random answer to it, remaining grammatically correct.
    It works as expected, but there could be 'bad' code within it...that's the reason.


    The functions used are:
    std::string auxiliary_p(std::string);

    std::string find_pronoun(std::string);
    bool answer(std::string);
    std::string modify(bool,std::string,std::string);
    bool quit_condition();
    Code:
    #include<iostream> 
    #include "functions.h"
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
     {
            string input,pronoun,auxiliary,output;
            bool yes_or_no;
            do
            {
                cout<<"Input: ";
                getline(cin,input);
    
                auxiliary=auxiliary_p(input);  //Gets the auxiliary verb
    
                pronoun=find_pronoun(input);  // Gets the pronoun
    
                if(auxiliary=="NULL"||pronoun=="NULL")
                {
                    cout<<"Try Again ."<<endl;
                    continue;
                }
                yes_or_no = answer(input);
    
                output=modify(yes_or_no,pronoun,auxiliary);  //Attaches n't and/or puts yes/no 
    
                cout<<"Output: "<<output<<endl;
            } while(quit_condition());
    
    
            return 0;
     }
    The implementations(attached the file because it is about 80 lines) :
    functions.cpp
    Last edited by manasij7479; 07-21-2011 at 06:23 AM.

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    Dude what the hell? That looks like crap. Actually format the thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteflags View Post
    Dude what the hell? That looks like crap. Actually format the thing.
    Ok, did so...
    (If you meant, formatting the attached file, then sorry, I don't think I can do better..!)

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    I would throw exceptions than return "NULL".
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    So you've got some slashes in your attached file. Why?

    (For instance:
    Code:
    static list<string> pronouns=\
    {"I","you","we","they","he","she"};
    static list<string> auxs=\
    {"Can","Could","Will","Would",\
    "Shall","Should","Do","Does","Did",\
    It also doesn't compile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    I would throw exceptions than return "NULL".
    Some sentences don't have pronouns.

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    So you've got some slashes in your attached file.
    To indicate that the next line is continues from the current one. I was told that it is a good practice, instead of leaving the compiler to figure it out.

    Also, it compiles in my case.,..[Code::Blocks in gcc-4.6 && Fedora 15 ] . Maybe ..you forgot to put the declarations into a functions.h ?


    Some sentences don't have pronouns
    O...forgot.... In that case, If a pronoun isn't found, I'd use the 2nd word in the question as the noun.
    Last edited by manasij7479; 07-21-2011 at 06:40 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manasij7479 View Post
    To indicate that the next line is continues from the current one. I was told that it is a good practice, instead of leaving the compiler to figure it out.
    It's not. (It's required for macros, since macros must be "one line", and rather silly anywhere else.) You also don't need to put that on three lines, given that it fits on one line all by itself.
    Quote Originally Posted by manasij7479
    Also, it compiles in my case.,..[Code::Blocks in gcc-4.6 && Fedora 15 ] . Maybe ..you forgot to put the declarations into a functions.h ?
    I am using an old gcc, and I get errors that pronouns and auxs must be initialized by constructor, not by an initializer list, so that might just be old gcc. (Unfortunately it's all I've got on this machine.)

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    I am using an old gcc
    If it is >= 4.5 ...then adding -std=c++0x allows the initializer lists.


    I would throw exceptions than return "NULL".
    Is there a difference between putting the try block inside the .cpp file within the functions that might throw up and putting it around the code in main() ?

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    Yes. The stack will unwind until a catch block is found.

    Quote Originally Posted by whiteflags View Post
    Some sentences don't have pronouns.
    True. But it seems that in this case, according to the code, if there isn't a pronoun, it shouldn't proceed. So a pronoun is required; thus if none is found, then it is an error.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    I wouldn't use exceptions here. Exceptions are for exceptional cases, and that's not what you have here. Returning "NULL" is pretty weird though.
    It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by King Mir View Post
    I wouldn't use exceptions here. Exceptions are for exceptional cases, and that's not what you have here. Returning "NULL" is pretty weird though.
    only slightly off topic: what do you consider "exceptional?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by manasij
    Is there a difference between putting the try block inside the .cpp file within the functions that might throw up and putting it around the code in main() ?
    You should put the try catch block wherever you want to catch the exception. The exception, when thrown, will unwind the function call stack until it finds a catch block. Of course, this means objects will be destroyed along the way: basically whatever is in the same scope as the catch block (but not to be confused with being inside the catch block) is what is still alive.

    But I wouldn't use exceptions since you indicated to me that finding a pronoun isn't a constraint.
    Quote Originally Posted by manasij7479 View Post
    O...forgot.... In that case, If a pronoun isn't found, I'd use the 2nd word in the question as the noun.

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    You should put the try catch block wherever you want to catch the exception. The exception, when thrown, will unwind the function call stack until it finds a catch block. Of course, this means objects will be destroyed along the way: basically whatever is in the same scope as the catch block (but not to be confused with being inside the catch block) is what is still alive.
    Did you mean the following? ...or to have the catches nested ?
    Code:
     
          try  //within main()
                {
                    auxiliary=auxiliary_p(input);   //The throws occour within this function.
                    pronoun=find_pronoun(input);
                }
    
    
                catch(string s)
                {
                    cout<<"Syntax Error !!!"<<endl;
                    cout<<s<<"."<<endl;
                    continue;
                }
    Last edited by manasij7479; 07-21-2011 at 03:43 PM.

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    What you showed me looks fine. To explain what I mean again: Since auxiliary_p is where the exception occurs, it means you catch the exception as soon as auxiliary_p is popped off the call stack. Sometimes the exception is thrown deeper into the stack, but you still write the try catch where you want to catch the exception. (If you want to catch the exception and then throw it again, you can do that too in another try catch block.)

    You have to make sure that objects are properly destroyed so as to not leak memory. And figuring out what to do after the catch block is a problem too.

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