Question

I am trying to debug some homework but I am having trouble with these lines of code

#include "stdafx.h"
#include<conio.h>
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   char word;
   cout << "Enter a word and I will tell you whether it is" << endl <<
 "in the first or last half of the alphabet." << endl << 
   "Please begin the word with a lowercase letter. --> ";
   cin >> word;
   if(word[0] >= 'm')
     cout << word << " is in the first half of the alphabet" << endl;
   else
     cout << word << " is in the last half of the alphabet" << endl;
   return 0;
}  

I get the following error and I have no clue what its sayings

error C2109: subscript requires array or pointer type

Answer 1

Another suggestion: declare output text as one entity, then block write. This may make your programs easier to debug, read and understand.

int main(void)
{
    static const char prompt[] =
    "Enter a word and I will tell you whether it is\n"
    "in the first or last half of the alphabet.\n"
    "Please begin the word with a lowercase letter. --> ";

   string word;
   cout.write(prompt, sizeof(prompt) - sizeof('\0'));

   getline(cin, word);

   cout << word;
   cout << "is in the ";
   if(word[0] >= 'm')
     cout "first";
   else
     cout << "last";

   cout << " half of the alphabet\n";
   return 0;
}

For Your Information (FYI):

1. stdafx.h is not a standard header
   and not required for small projects.
2. conio.h is not a standard header
   and not required for simple console
   I/O.
3. Prefer string for text rather than
   char *.