#include<iostream>
#include<cctype> // for the conversion/query functions
#include<cstring> // for the string functions
using namespace std;
const int MaxLen = 100;	//This is the maximum length of the C string

/* This function returns the number of punctuation characters in a given string
 * Punctuation characters are printable characters that are not letters, numbers or spaces
 * We iterate through the string and query character by character.
 * We use the ispunct function. This function returns true if the given character is a punctuation character.
 */
int countPunct(char st[])// 
{
	int count=0;	//counter variable
	for(int i=0; i<strlen(st); i++)	//strlen returns the length of a string
		if(ispunct(st[i])) //We found a punctuation character
			count++;
	return count;
}
int main()
{
	//There are 2 ways to initalize a C string. We can use a string literal or a bunch or characters in set notation
	char str[MaxLen]="Patrick", value[200] ={'S', 'p', 'o', 'n', 'g', 'e', '\0'};

	//'\0' is the null character, used to terminate strings. It denotes the end of a string
	//To be safe, terminate your C Strings whenever you change them.

	// You can just print off a string using a cout statement.
	//The cout will print the string from the beginning till it encounters '\0'
	cout<<str<<endl<<value<<endl;

	//get ot getline is used to read in multi word strings. For more info, look at the slides.
	cin.getline(str,MaxLen, '\n');

	cin.getline(value, 200, '.');
	cout<<str<<endl<<value<<endl;

	int co = countPunct(value);
	cout<<"Number of punctuation: "<<co<<endl;

	//comparing strings.
	if(strcmp(str,value))
		cout<<"The strings are not equal"<<endl;
	else 	cout<<"The strings are equal"<<endl;
	return 0;
}