#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
/* This program counts the number of times a function is called.
 * Gives an illusion of the program being self aware.
 * The variable "count" is passed by reference. This eans it is just a nickname for the actual parameter.
 * Any changes made to count will be preserved across the function calls 
 * and will be reflected as changes to the variable "number"
 * Over here, every time the function is called, it prints the given text and increments the count.
 */ 
void selfCounter(string text, int &count)
{
	cout<<"Given text: "<<text<<endl;
	count++;

}

/* This part has a lot of string functions. you can take them at face value for now.
 * Over here, we call the function selfCounter every time the user enters a word.
 * Finally, we print number, which indicates the number of times the function was called.
 */
int main()
{
	int number =0;
	string userInput;
	cout<<"Enter text. \"Stop\" to stop:";
	cin>>userInput;
	getchar();
	while(strcmp(userInput.c_str(), "Stop")!= 0)//As long as the user did not enter "stop"
	{
		selfCounter(userInput, number);
		cin>>userInput;
	}	

	cout<<"The function was called "<<number<<" times."<<endl;
	return 0;
}