Code below:
#include <iostream> // Program will be using keyboard and screen
using namespace std; // Will be using standard identifiers string, cin, cout, endl
int main()
{
cout << "Please type in some text:" << endl;
string sentence;
getline( cin, sentence );
cout << endl << "Thanks" << endl << endl;
// Find out how many character symbols are in the sentence
unsigned int stringLength = sentence.length();
// Examine each character and determine what kind it is, then update a total
char currentChar;
unsigned int alphaTotal = 0;
unsigned int numericTotal = 0;
unsigned int spaceTotal = 0;
unsigned int punctTotal = 0;
for ( unsigned int position = 0; position < stringLength; position++ )
{
currentChar = sentence.at( position );
cout << currentChar << " ";
if ( isupper( currentChar ) )
{
cout << "capital letter" << endl;
alphaTotal++;
}
if ( islower( currentChar ) )
{
cout << "lower-case letter" << endl;
alphaTotal++;
}
if ( isdigit( currentChar ) )
{
cout << "numeric digit" << endl;
numericTotal++;
}
if ( isspace( currentChar ) )
{
cout << "space" << endl;
spaceTotal++;
}
if ( ispunct( currentChar ) )
{
cout << "punctuation" << endl;
punctTotal++;
}
} // end of the for loop
// Display the summary of characters that were in the sentence
cout << endl << "Your sentence contains:" << endl;
cout << alphaTotal << " letters" << endl;
cout << numericTotal << " digits" << endl;
cout << spaceTotal << " spaces" << endl;
cout << punctTotal << " punctuation symbols" << endl;
return 0;
}