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C#

shirshah sahel
shirshah sahel
10,035 Points

Write a program that translates a letter used in a telephone number into an equivalent numeric digit.

Topics

Branching

switch statement

Description

Write a program that translates a letter used in a telephone number into an equivalent numeric digit. The program asks the user to enter a letter, translates the letter into the corresponding digit and displays it. The user may enter its selection either as an upper or lower case letter.

The program translates the letter into a digit according to the table below:

Letters Digit

a b c 2

d e f 3

g h i 4

j k l 5

m n o 6

p q r s 7

t u v 8

w x y z 9

Testing

Input Test 1

Enter a letter: p

Output Test 1

Letter: p

Digit: 7

Input Test 2

Enter a letter: P

Output Test 1

Letter: P

Digit: 7

Sample Code 1

/*

The code below determines the character entered by user.

*/

/*

C++ code:

*/

char letter;

cout << “Enter a single alphabet:” << endl;

cin >> letter;

/*

Java code:

*/

/*

The code snippet below does the following:

It asks the user to enter a single alphabetical character

It saves the entered character in a string named in.

It extracts the first character from the String in.

It saves the extracted character in a char variable named letter.

*/

String in;

char letter;

int digit;

in = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(“Enter a single alphabet”);

letter = in.charAt(0);

Sample Code 2

/*

The code snippet below attempts to determine the digit corresponding to the letter.

Only a partially written Switch statement is shown. Add the additional cases.

*/

switch (letter)

{

case ‘a’:

case ‘b’:

case ‘c’:

case ‘A’:

case ‘B’:

case ‘C’:

 digit = 2;

 break;

case ‘d’:

case ‘e’:

case ‘f’:

case ‘D’:

case ‘E’:

case ‘F’:

 digit = 3;

 break;

}

I need the answer of this question in c++ language by using switch statement.

so far i have done this much.

```#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

in = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(ÒEnter a single alphabetÓ); letter = in.charAt(0);

int main() {

string in;
char letter;
int digit;



cout<< "Enter a single alphapet:"<<endl;
cin>> letter;

switch (letter)

{

case ‘a’:

case ‘b’:

case ‘c’:

case ‘A’:

case ‘B’:

case ‘C’:

 digit = 2;

 break;

case ‘d’:

case ‘e’:

case ‘f’:

case ‘D’:

case ‘E’:

case ‘F’:

 digit = 3;

 break;

}


return 0;

}

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

When posting code, use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down: Or watch this video on code formatting.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I should point out that you have posted this in a topic area intended for the "C#" language. But I happen to also be familiar with C++.

You seem to have a good start there, but you clearly have several more digits to implement. The process will be very similar to the digits you have done already. Did you have a question at this point?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Java and C++ are two different languages. Mixing them will probably not produce a workable program.

And that said, they do have some similar constructs, so there may be some parts that look very similar, yet there may be some subtle differences in syntax.

But the code you show here is a good start, it looks like you mainly just need to implement the rest of the digits the same way as you have done for the first 2.

shirshah sahel
shirshah sahel
10,035 Points

Thanks Paker, still not very clear on the answer. there was not any category to select C++ so I choose c# language. My main thing is how to use java code in C++ switch statement.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I added a comment to my answer. Also, FYI, there are courses here for the Java language (but not for C++).