spelled out number to integer

Bjarne Stroustrup “Programming Principles and Practice Using C++”
Chapter 3 Exercise 9
Using std_lib_facilities.h by Bjarne Stroustrup.

[code language=”cpp”]
// Philipp Siedler
// Bjarne Stroustrup’s PP
// Chapter 3 Exercise 9

#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

int main()
{
cout << "enter a spelled out integer to be converted to the number: ";
int toBeSpelled = -1;
string inputNumber;

while (cin >> inputNumber)
{
if (inputNumber == "zero") toBeSpelled = 0;
else if (inputNumber == "one") toBeSpelled = 1;
else if (inputNumber == "two") toBeSpelled = 2;
else if (inputNumber == "three") toBeSpelled = 3;
else if (inputNumber == "four") toBeSpelled = 4;
else if (inputNumber == "Quit" || inputNumber == "quit") return 0;
if (toBeSpelled != -1)
cout << "you entered number " << toBeSpelled << ‘\n’;
else
cout << "I dont know that number\n";
cout << "Please enter another number or \"Quit\"\n";
toBeSpelled = -1;
}
return 0;

keep_window_open();
}
[/code]

Output:
enter a spelled out integer to be converted to the number: four
you entered number 4
Please enter another number or "Quit"

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