#include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { // Use the getline method to enter a line. It's part of iostream. string line; cout << "Please enter a line:" << endl; cout << "> "; getline(cin, line); // Using the input operator to read a string enters a single word, // delimited by spaces. string word; cout << "Please enter a single word: "; cin >> word; // Printing is presumably what you would expect. cout << "You entered " << word << " and " << line << std::endl; // C++ strings can be compared with normal comparison operators. if(word == "wombat") cout << "You entered \"wombat\". My favorite word!" << endl; // The find operation searches for one string in another, and returns // the position, or string::npos, which is a symbolic constant. int loc = line.find(word); if(loc == string::npos) cout << "Your word is not in your line. Oh well." << endl; else cout << "Your word is at " << loc << " in your line." << endl; // Strings in C can be treated as arrays, and subscripted. for(int i = 0; i < word.length(); ++i) { cout << "-" << word[i] << "- "; } cout << endl; }