determining number placement of a letter in alphabet with suffix

[MrBond90]

Hey anyone that can help would be greatly appreciated

I am writing a code to output the number placement of a letter in the alphabet. I already understand how to find the number placement by minus 64 for lowercase and 96 for upper. What I need help with is figuring out how to add the suffix for it (st, nd, rd,th), such as 1st, 2nd, ect.

[TheIdeasMan]

Hi,

Welcome to cplusplus :+)

What code do you have already? When you do post code, make sure you use code tags with the <> button on the format menu

Have you considered using a switch statement? If so look it up in the reference section at the top left of this page. There is also the tutorial & articles.

Hope all is well at your end.

[MrBond90]

hey thanks for the reply, I have a lot of code because my homework consists of a lot other than this but ill post the section im on now and if you need more ill post it.

//output character place in alphabet if a letter
	if (FavChar >= 65 && FavChar <= 90)
	{
		NumPlace = FavChar - 64;
	}
	else if (FavChar >= 97 && FavChar <= 122)
	{
		NumPlace = FavChar - 96;
	}

	cout << "\n\tand it is number " << NumPlace << "in the alphabet";

[MrBond90]

Your very right about the switch statement, if I mod by 10 then I can get the last digit and apply the correct suffix, the only problem is how to deal with 1st vs 11th, 2nd vs 12th,and 3rd vs 13th

[kevinkjt2000]

Perhaps this will be helpful: http://forums.devshed.com/programming-42/function-returns-suffix-594630.html
They talk about adding suffixes and show c++ code. :)

[TheIdeasMan]

Hi,

So you can find out what the last numeral is by using the modulus operator %

Then use a switch to decide what to do for each one.

Did you look in the reference for how a switch works?

[MrBond90]

thanks a lot guys I got it figure out. I switched to else if statement.

//calculate character place in alphabet if a letter
	if (FavChar >= 65 && FavChar <= 90)
	{
		NumPlace = FavChar - 64;
	}
	else if (FavChar >= 97 && FavChar <= 122)
	{
		NumPlace = FavChar - 96;
	}

	//add suffix to alphabet number place
	if (NumPlace % 10 == 11 || NumPlace % 10 == 12 || NumPlace % 10 == 13)
	{
		NumSuffix = "th";
	}
	else if (NumPlace % 10 == 1)
	{
		NumSuffix = "st";
	}
	else if (NumPlace % 10 == 2)
	{
		NumSuffix = "nd";
	}
	else if (NumPlace % 10 == 3)
	{
		NumSuffix = "rd";
	}
	else
	{
		NumSuffix = "th";
	}
	cout << "\n\tand it is number " << NumPlace << NumSuffix << " letter in the alphabet";

[TheIdeasMan]

Hi,


NumPlace % 10

gives the remainder when divided by 10, so it will never be 11, 12, or 13

[MrBond90]

right I just found that error and fixed it.

Thanks again for the help, it is much appreciated.

[TheIdeasMan]

No worries :+)