PracticeDev/study_cpp/cpp_primer_source_code/Chapter 7/strgfun.cpp

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// strgfun.cpp -- functions with a string argument
#include <iostream>
unsigned int c_in_str(const char * str, char ch);
int main()
{
using namespace std;
char mmm[15] = "minimum"; // string in an array
// some systems require preceding char with static to
// enable array initialization
char *wail = "ululate"; // wail points to string
unsigned int ms = c_in_str(mmm, 'm');
unsigned int us = c_in_str(wail, 'u');
cout << ms << " m characters in " << mmm << endl;
cout << us << " u characters in " << wail << endl;
// cin.get();
return 0;
}
// this function counts the number of ch characters
// in the string str
unsigned int c_in_str(const char * str, char ch)
{
unsigned int count = 0;
while (*str) // quit when *str is '\0'
{
if (*str == ch)
count++;
str++; // move pointer to next char
}
return count;
}