Sentinels and nested if

[D]

Can I use a sentinel with a while loop and a nested if statement in a
program?
For example I ask the user for a letter of the alphabet and the output
returns a number(non-ascii). Then the program continues to loop until
the sentinel character is used. Thanks

[Victor Bazarov]

Re: Sentinels and nested if

D wrote:[color=blue]
> Can I use a sentinel with a while loop and a nested if statement in a
> program?
> For example I ask the user for a letter of the alphabet and the output
> returns a number(non-ascii). Then the program continues to loop until
> the sentinel character is used. Thanks[/color]

Sure you can.

[D]

Re: Sentinels and nested if

Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@com Acast.net> wrote in message news:<Bmzdd.599 2$Ae.4495@newsr ead1.dllstx09.u s.to.verio.net> ...[color=blue]
> D wrote:[color=green]
> > Can I use a sentinel with a while loop and a nested if statement in a
> > program?
> > For example I ask the user for a letter of the alphabet and the output
> > returns a number(non-ascii). Then the program continues to loop until
> > the sentinel character is used. Thanks[/color]
>
> Sure you can.[/color]

Then my coding is off.

cout <<"This program is designed to convert an upper case letter of
the alphabet ";
cout << "and convert it into a number that corresponds to a number on
a standard ";
cout << "telephone dial.\n";
cout <<"When you are finished please enter a '?' to stop the
program.\n";
cout <<"Enter your character " << counter << ":";
cin >> ch;
while (ch != '?')
{
if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'C')
num = 2;
else if (ch >= 'D' && ch <= 'F')
num = 3;
..
..
..I purposely omitted the rest of the code for the sake of saving space
..
..
cout <<"The number for that character is " << num << endl;
cout << "Enter your character " << ++counter << ":"<< endl;
cin >>ch;


My variables are:
char ch;
int num, counter = 1;

Now the loop iterates only once then quits even though the sentinel is
not entered. I was reading in one book that I can reference the
sentinel again in an if statement but that would be redundant. Any
suggestions on were I'm coding wrong? Thanks.
D

[Victor Bazarov]

Re: Sentinels and nested if

D wrote:[color=blue]
> Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@com Acast.net> wrote in message news:<Bmzdd.599 2$Ae.4495@newsr ead1.dllstx09.u s.to.verio.net> ...
>[color=green]
>>D wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Can I use a sentinel with a while loop and a nested if statement in a
>>>program?
>>>For example I ask the user for a letter of the alphabet and the output
>>>returns a number(non-ascii). Then the program continues to loop until
>>>the sentinel character is used. Thanks[/color]
>>
>>Sure you can.[/color]
>
>
> Then my coding is off.
>
> cout <<"This program is designed to convert an upper case letter of
> the alphabet ";
> cout << "and convert it into a number that corresponds to a number on
> a standard ";
> cout << "telephone dial.\n";
> cout <<"When you are finished please enter a '?' to stop the
> program.\n";
> cout <<"Enter your character " << counter << ":";
> cin >> ch;
> while (ch != '?')
> {
> if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'C')
> num = 2;
> else if (ch >= 'D' && ch <= 'F')
> num = 3;
> .
> .
> .I purposely omitted the rest of the code for the sake of saving space
> .
> .
> cout <<"The number for that character is " << num << endl;
> cout << "Enter your character " << ++counter << ":"<< endl;
> cin >>ch;
>
>
> My variables are:
> char ch;
> int num, counter = 1;
>
> Now the loop iterates only once then quits even though the sentinel is
> not entered. I was reading in one book that I can reference the
> sentinel again in an if statement but that would be redundant. Any
> suggestions on were I'm coding wrong? Thanks.[/color]

With all due respect to your effort, there is no way to make a suggestion
or arrive to a conclusion without seeing the complete code. Remove all
irrelevant things (like extra output and additional processing) and post
the code. Let's make sure you can convert A, B, or C to 2 and C, D, or E
to 3 (just like you showed here). Adding the rest later should be easy
enough.

So, post the _minimal_ complete code that you have and we can discuss it.
Try not to use "..." or "I purposely omitted...". The code should compile
straight from the newsgroup posting.

V