// Mr. Minich
// CMPSC 201
// Ch. 8 Demo Program #1
// January 30, 2000 
// Purpose - to illustrate the use of string variables.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string firstName = "John";		// user's first name stored as a string variable
	string lastName = "Doe";		// user's last name stored as a string variable
	string className;			// an uninitialized string variable that will store the name of the user's class
	char middleInitial;			// an uninitialized char variable that will store the user's middle initial

	cout << "First name is " << firstName << endl;
	cout << "Last name is " << lastName << endl;
	cout << "Student is known as " << firstName << " " << lastName;

	// The blank space is added so that the firstName is separated from lastName by one space. 

	cout << "\nWhat class is the student taking? "; 

	// The newline escape sequence \n is used so that this question is on a separate line of output. 

	cin >> className; 
	cout << "What is the student's middle initial? ";
	cin >> middleInitial;

	// Hopefully the user will only type one letter since middleInitial is a char variable (and not a character array)

	cout << firstName[0] << middleInitial << lastName[0] << " is taking " << 
       		className << "." << endl;

	// Note how you can break up a line of code around the output
	// operator <<. The second line should be indented for readability and the first line
	// must not end with a semicolon. Notice how spaces are intentionally
	// included at the beginning and end of the string literal " is taking "
	// so that the output is nicely formatted and the words don't run together. The period symbol is
	// included so that this sentence is grammatically correct.

	return 0;
}// end of main