//Sam Partovi                          CS1A                    Ch. 10, P.588, #1
/*******************************************************************************
* DETERMINE STRING LENGTH
* ____________________________________________________________
* This program accepts a given string and determines the length, in characters.
* The program then returns the number of characters present in the string.
* ____________________________________________________________
* INPUT
* ARRAY_SIZE: Size of string array
* string: Given string to determine length
* OUTPUT
* stringLength: Length of given string in characters
*******************************************************************************/
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

//Function prototype for DetermineLength
 int DetermineLength(char string[]);

int main() {
 
 const int ARRAY_SIZE = 51;        //INPUT - Size of string array
 char string[ARRAY_SIZE];         //INPUT - Given string to determine length
 int stringLength;               //OUTPUT - Length of given string in characters

//Prompt for given string
 cout << "Enter a string up to " << ARRAY_SIZE - 1 << " characters: ";
 cin.getline(string, ARRAY_SIZE);
 
//Call DetermineLength function and assign returned value to stringLength
 stringLength = DetermineLength(string);

//Display the result of string length
 cout << "\nThe string is " << stringLength << " characters long.";

 return 0;
}

//******************************************************************************
//Function definition for DetermineLength:
// This function accepts a given string and returns the value of the string
// length, in characters.
//*****************************************************************************/
 int DetermineLength(char string[]) {
	return strlen(string);
}