C++ Spell Checker: Abbreviation Decoding & Tweet Suggestions

[carl123]

1) Create a few tweet abbreviations that can be decoded. Add support for abbreviations.

2) For abbreviations that do not match the supported abbreviations, check for common misspellings. Provide a suggestion for correct abbreviation along with the decoded meaning. For example, if the user enters "LLO", your program can output "Did you mean LOL? LOL = laughing out loud".

3) Allows the user to enter a complete tweet (140 characters or less) as a single line of text. Search the resulting string for those common abbreviations and print a list of each abbreviation along with its decoded meaning.

4) Convert the user's tweet to a decoded tweet, replacing the abbreviations directly within the tweet.

I already did number 1.

This is what I have so far:

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

int main() {
   string origTweet;
   
   cout << "Enter abbreviation from tweet: " << endl;
   cin >> origTweet;
   
   if (origTweet == "LOL") {
      cout << "LOL = laughing out loud" << endl;
   }
   else if (origTweet == "BFN") {
      cout << "BFN = bye for now" << endl;
   }
   else if (origTweet == "FTW") {
      cout << "FTW = for the win" << endl;
   }
   else if (origTweet == "IRL") {
      cout << "IRL = in real life" << endl;
   }   
   else if (origTweet == "ILY") {
      cout << "ILY = i love you" << endl;
   }   
   else if (origTweet == "OMG") {
      cout << "OMG == oh my gosh" << endl;
   }
   else {
      cout << "Sorry, don't know that one." << endl;
   }
   return 0;
}

 

[MarkFL]

Hello carl123,

I have deleted your duplicate threads so that we don't have multiple postings of the same question. We discourage multiple threads of the same topic because not only is it redundant, but it can potentially lead to duplication of effort on the part of our helpers, whose time is valuable.

Regarding your questions, have you considered entering your abbreviations into an array and then looping through them rather than using a large if construct?