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counting hyphens/dashes

Rahmani117 (1)
I am trying to create a code where you input a social security number (with dashes) and it tells you whether it's legal or not. My problem is that i need my code to be able to count the dashes, but it's not, and im not sure how to fix it.

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

#define GOOD_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER 0
#define MISSING_DASH -1
#define MISSING_SECOND_DASH -2
#define TOO_MANY_DASHES -3
#define DASH_IN_WRONG_POSITION -4
#define MISSING_DIGITS_BETWEEN_DASHES -5
int checkDashes(string ss, size_t &dashOne, size_t &dashTwo)
{
	int character = 0, count = 0;
		
	for (int i = 0; i < ss.length(); i ++)
	{
		if (ss[character] == '-')
		{
			count ++;
			if (count == 1) dashOne = character + 1;
			else if (count == 2) dashTwo = character + 1;

		}
		character ++;
	}
	
	
	
	
	return (0);
}	
int main()
{
	string ss;
	size_t dashOne = 0, dashTwo = 0;
	int numberOfDashes = 0;
	

	cout << "Please input SS number." << endl;
	cin >> ss;
	cout << "You said " << ss << "." << endl;
	
	numberOfDashes = checkDashes(ss, dashOne, dashTwo);
	
	cout << "Number of dashes is : " << numberOfDashes << endl;

	cout << "The first dash is at character number " << dashOne << "." << endl;
	cout << "The second dash is at character number " << dashTwo << "." << endl;

	
	
	if (numberOfDashes > 2)
	{cout << "Error: Too many dashes." << endl;
	}
	if (numberOfDashes == 1)
	{cout << "Error: Missing a dash." << endl;
	}
	if (numberOfDashes == 0)
	{cout << "Error: No Dashes." << endl;
	}
	if (dashOne != 4 && dashTwo != 7)
	{cout << "Error: Dashes in wrong position." << endl;
	}
	system("pause");

		if (numberOfDashes > 2)
	{return(-3);
	}
	if (numberOfDashes == 1)
	{return(-2);
	}
	if (numberOfDashes == 0)
	{return(-1);
	}
	if (dashOne != 4 && dashTwo != 7)
	{return(-4);

	}
	
	system("pause");
	
}
keskiverto (10402)
Ask yourself: What is the return value of the checkDashes()?
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