hehehe how is this

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <windows.h>



int alpha[26];
char alpha[26]="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
char phrase[50];

int main()
{
cout<<"Welcome To My Morse Code Converter!\n";

cout<<"enter a phrase for conversion in lowercase letters\n";
cin>>phrase[];
for (int i = 0; i <50; i++)

switch(phrase[i])
{

case:'a'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";

case:'b'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";

case:'c'
cout<<"/a"
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);

case:'d'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";


case:'e'
cout<<"/a";

case:'f'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";


case:'g'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";


case:'h'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";



case:'i'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";


case:'j'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";

case:'k'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'l'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100)
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";


case:'m'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'n'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";


case:'o'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'p'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";

case:'q'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);

case:'r'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";

case:'s'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";


case:'t'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'u'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'v'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<"/a";
Sleep(100);


case:'w'
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);

case:'x'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);

case:'y'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);

case:'z'
cout<<"/a";
Sleep(100);
cout<<"/a";
cout<<"/a";

}

return 0;
}

Whats up? I assume it won't work and that's why you are posting, though you didn't say.

Anyway, you need parentheses for your 'for' loop

Code:

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cout<<"enter a phrase for conversion in lowercase letters\n";
cin>>phrase[];
for (int i = 0; i <50; i++)
{
//enormous switch statement
}

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Been a while since I worked with strings but I don't think you can do this:

cin>>phrase[];

but there is a good chance that I am wrong, can someone verify please? Thanks.

And you are better off doing:

Code:

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for (int i = 0; phrase[i] != '\0'; i++)

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Read this.

This works, but it's awful. Try using a lookip table and translation function instead of such a big switch statement. There were tons of syntax errors, I have to assume that the little "hehehe" at the beginning of your topic means that this program is a joke on anyone who bothers to get it working.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <windows.h>

char alpha[27]="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
char phrase[50];

int main()
{
  cout<<"Welcome To My Morse Code Converter!\n";
 
  cout<<"enter a phrase for conversion in lowercase letters\n";
  cin>>phrase;

  for (int i = 0; i <50; i++)
  {
    switch(phrase[i])
    {
    case'a':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'b':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'c':
      cout<<"\a";
        Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'd':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'e':
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'f':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'g':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'h':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
     
    case'i':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'j':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case'k':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'l':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
        cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'm':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'n':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'o':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'p':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case'q':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'r':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case's':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case't':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'u':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'v':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'w':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(100);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'x':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'y':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'z':
      cout<<"\a";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

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here i fixed it :) thankyou so much for everything! this actually prints out morse code!

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <windows.h>

char alpha[27]="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
char phrase[50];

int main()
{
  cout<<"Welcome To My Morse Code Converter!\n";
 
  cout<<"enter a phrase for conversion in lowercase letters\n";
  cin>>phrase;

  for (int i = 0; i <50; i++)
  {
    switch(phrase[i])
    {
    case'a':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'b':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'c':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
        Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'd':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'e':
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'f':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'g':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
    case'h':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
     
     
    case'i':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'j':
    cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case'k':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'l':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
        cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'm':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'n':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case'o':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'p':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case'q':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'r':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    case's':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
     
    case't':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'u':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'v':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
     
    case'w':
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(100);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'x':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'y':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      break;
    case'z':
      cout<<"\a*-*";
      Sleep(1000);
      cout<<"\a";
      cout<<"\a";
      break;
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

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Damn, it's horrible to run this program!
But anyways it's a nice idea