Why my program won't loop?

Below is my code, which works fine, with the exception of looping. I need to loop it so that the user will have option to enter the numbers again. Any help is appreciated.

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;


char Letter2Number(char);
int main ()
{
	char ch='0';
	char newLetters[11];
	char letters[11];
	while (ch !='#')
	{
	
	cout<<"\nThis program converts letters to their corresponding telephone digits" <<endl;
	cout<<"Enter a phone number: ";
	cin.get(letters, 11);
	

	for (int j=0; j<11;j++)
	{
		if (letters[j]==' ')
		{
			while(j<11)
			{
				letters[j]=letters[j+1];
				j++;
			}
		}	
	}
	
	
	cout<<"\nPhone Number before convert: ";
	cout << letters;

	for(int i=0; i<11; i++)
		{
			if (i<3)
			{
				newLetters[i]=Letter2Number(letters[i]);
			}

			if (i==3)
			{
				newLetters[i]='-';
			}
		
			if (i>3)
			{
				newLetters[i]=Letter2Number(letters[i-1]);
			}
		
	}
		

	cout<<"\nPhone Number after convert: " <<newLetters;
	cout<<"\nTo stop the program enter #.";	
	cin>>ch;
	
	}

	}


char Letter2Number(char letter)
	{
		
	switch (letter)
		{
			case 'A':
			case 'B':
			case 'C':
			case 'a':
			case 'b':
			case 'c':
				return '2';
				break;
			case 'D':
			case 'E':
			case 'F':
			case 'd':
			case 'e':
			case 'f':
				return '3';
				break;
			case 'G':
			case 'H':
			case 'I':
			case 'g':
			case 'h':
			case 'i':
				return '4';
				break;
			case 'J':
			case 'K':
			case 'L':
			case 'j':
			case 'k':
			case 'l':
				return '5';
				break;
			case 'M':
			case 'N':
			case 'O':
			case 'm':
			case 'n':
			case 'o':
				return '6';
				break;
			case 'P':
			case 'Q':
			case 'R':
			case 'S':
			case 'p':
			case 'q':
			case 'r':
			case 's':
				return '7';
				break;
			case 'T':
			case 'U':
			case 'V':
			case 't':
			case 'u':
			case 'v':
				return '8';
				break;
			case 'W':
			case 'X':
			case 'Y':
			case 'Z':
			case 'w':
			case 'x':
			case 'y':
			case 'z':
				return '9';
				break;

			/*case ' ':
				return '\0';*/

			default:
				return letter; // in case it is not a letter or is already a number
				break;
				
				
		}

}





cin.getline leaves the new line character in the input buffer. So next time when the statements are executed

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	cout<<"\nTo stop the program enter #.";	
	cin>>ch;


the new line character is read,

Also you program attempts to access memory outside the array.
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