Thread: Beginner Needs a bit of help

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    Beginner Needs a bit of help

    Hey guys, im slowly learning the basics and i thought id make some sort of a program that converts a string to ascii then screws with the numbers and kind of "encodes" the string. My only problem is the decoding section of it. Im not trying to do anything serious cause i know youd alll laugh at me when you read the code, im just writing simple little programs so i can learn from trial and error, but im quite stumped now. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        int choice;
        cout<<"ENCRPTER PROGRAM"<<endl<<"Please choose which function you want to perform"<<endl;
        cout<<"1. Encrypt a message"<<endl<<"2. Decrypt a message"<<endl;
        cin>>choice;
        cin.ignore();
        
        if (choice==1)
    {
        char phrase[201];
        float codephrase[201];
        cout<<"Enter a phrase to be encoded: "<<endl;
        cin.getline(phrase,201,'\n');
        
        for (int x=0;x<201;x++)
        {
            codephrase[x] = (int)phrase[x];
    }
        cout<<"Succesful Encode";
        cin.get();
    //    cout<<"The sentence in ASCII: "<<endl;
    //        for (int i=0;i<201;i++)
    //    {
    //        if (codephrase[i]==0 )
    //        {
    //        break;
    //        }
    //        cout<<codephrase[i]<<" ";
    //    }
    //    cout<<endl;
        cout<<"The sentence encoded: "<<endl;
        for (int y=0;y<201;y++)
        {
            if (codephrase[y]==0)
            {
            break;
            }
            cout<<codephrase[y]/2*3/2*3/2*3<<" ";
    
        }
    
    }
        
    
    // This is the section i need a bit of help with
    
        else if (choice==2)
    {
             
        char phrase[201];
        float codephrase[201];
        float decodephrase[201];
        cout<<"Enter a phrase to be decoded: "<<endl;
        cin>>codephrase[201];
        cin.ignore();
        
        for (int x=0;x<201;x++)
        {
            decodephrase[x] = codephrase[x]/3*2/3*2/3*2;
    }
        for (int o=0;o<201;o++)
        {
            phrase[o] = (char)decodephrase[o];
    }
        
        cout<<"Succesful Decode";
        cin.get();
        cout<<"The sentence decoded: "<<endl;
        for (int y=0;y<201;y++)
        {
    //        if (codephrase[y]==0)
    //        {
    //        break;
    //        }
            cout<<phrase[y]<<" ";
    
        }
    
    }
        else
        {
                cout<<"That isnt an option";
    }
    
    
    cin.get();
    }
    once again thanks for any help in advance that you can offer me
    ~lac

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    What!? Why would you want to convert a stringto ASCII? In most cases, it's already in ASCII. Secondly, what is with the (char) casts?
    Code:
    phrase[o] = (char)decodephrase[o];
    The resulting float number won't be one char. Make an 2-dimensional array of, say char[20]'s and use gcvt:
    Code:
    char phrase[20][201];
    ...
    for (int i=0;i<201;i++) //Matter of preference
        {
            gcvt(decodephrase[i],11,&phrase[i])   
        }
    Note that gcvt is not standard and is not supported by all compilers.
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    ok you dont have to call me an idiot. ive only done about 7 lessons on this site and im using DevC++ so im only going on what i know. like i said, its how i learn best.
    also, could you explain what gcvt is and how it works? thanks.
    ~lac

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    I didn't call you an idiot. But perhaps before trying a program like this you should build yourself up to it. Anyways, gcvt converts a floating point number into a char. The first argument is the number, the second is the size of the buffer (minus 8-9) and the third is the buffer itself.
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    alright cool thanks. just one last question though.
    If i want to practice writing programs with the new stuff i learn after lessons. Is there a site or somewhere on here that can sort of tell you a program to write so you can try and do it yourself?
    thanks..

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    Have you looked at the challenges?
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    obviously not , but are there any other places like this that have, um, more to offer?
    Last edited by Lacanau; 11-10-2006 at 10:03 AM.

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    Try those. They are usually a good challenge (well, duh) at first.
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    Or stick around the forums and check out other people's problems.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    void J(char*a){int f,i=0,c='1';for(;a[i]!='0';++i)if(i==81){
    puts(a);return;}for(;c<='9';++c){for(f=0;f<9;++f)if(a[i-i%27+i%9
    /3*3+f/3*9+f%3]==c||a[i%9+f*9]==c||a[i-i%9+f]==c)goto e;a[i]=c;J(a);a[i]
    ='0';e:;}}int main(int c,char**v){int t=0;if(c>1){for(;v[1][
    t];++t);if(t==81){J(v[1]);return 0;}}puts("sudoku [0-9]{81}");return 1;}

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