Comparing an inputted char to a string

[Shadoninja]

I am currently working on a hangman game right now and I need to be able to compare an inputted char to the sting containing the current word for the game. but I don't know how to do that!

Here is what I have so far. I word to guess is "programming" and is extracted from a separate .dat file.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cctype>

using namespace std;

const string blank;

int main()
{
ifstream inFile;
ofstream outFile;

string wordToGuess;

char guessLetter;

inFile.open("hangman.dat");

cout << "Word: computer\n"
<< "Word: science\n"
<< "Word: programming\n\n";

inFile >> wordToGuess >> wordToGuess >> wordToGuess;

cout << "First Word in File to Guess: " << wordToGuess << endl << endl;

cout << " -------|\n",
cout << " | |\n",
cout << " |\n",
cout << " |\n",
cout << " |\n",
cout << " |\n",
cout << " -----";


cout << "\n\nEnter a letter to guess: ";



cin >> guessLetter;


guessLetter = toupper(guessLetter);

cout << "You entered: " << guessLetter << endl << endl;

cout << endl << endl;

(here is where I need to check "guessLetter" to "wordToGuess" which is the string "programming")

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[Paul McKenzie]

I am currently working on a hangman game right now and I need to be able to compare an inputted char to the sting containing the current word for the game. but I don't know how to do that!

1) Write a loop testing each character in the string to the inputted character

or

2) Use std::find to search a series of value for a particular value.

#include <string>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string s = "abc123";

   // search for the letter 'c' in string s
    if ( find( s.begin(), s.end(), 'c') != s.end())
   {
       // the letter 'c' exists in abc123
   }
   else
   {
        // letter 'c' does not exist
   }
}

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[Shadoninja]

Thank you!