morse code translator PLEASE HELP

[maria1995]

This is for an assignment and I can't use c++ strings... Only c-style strings. Any help on solving this problem would be great!

Errors I'm getting:

a5.cpp:45:10: error: invalid operands to binary expression ('char [1]' and 'int')

output += ' ';

~~~~~~ ^ ~~~

a5.cpp:59:27: error: excess elements in char array initializer

char morse_code[36]={".-","-...","-.-.","-..",".","..-.","--.","....","..",".---","-.-",".-..","--","-.","---",".--.","--.-",".-.","...","-","..-","...-",".--","-..-","-.-...

^~~~~~

a5.cpp:75:16: error: invalid operands to binary expression ('char [255]' and 'int')

output += alpha_num[position];

~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

a5.cpp:82:10: error: invalid operands to binary expression ('char [255]' and 'int')

output += ' ';

~~~~~~ ^ ~~~





#include <cstdlib>

#include <istream>

using namespace std;

void engtomol(char *text);

char engtomol(char *text){

char *morse_code[]={".-","-...","-.-.","-..",".","..-.","--.","....","..",".---","-.-",".-..","--","-.","---",".--.","--.-",".-.","...","-","..-","...-",".--","-..-","-.--","--..","-----",".----","..---","...--","....-",".....","-....","--...","---..","----."};

char alpha_num[]={'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'};

size_t const characters = 36;

char message[255];

char output[]="";

size_t index = 0;

size_t const size = sizeof(message);

while (index < size){

int position = 0;

if (message[index] != ' '){

while (alpha_num[position] != message[index] && position < 36){

++position;

}

output += morse_code[position];

}

else{

output += ' ';

}

}

return 0;

}

char moltoeng(char* morsecode){

char morse_code[36]={".-","-...","-.-.","-..",".","..-.","--.","....","..",".---","-.-",".-..","--","-.","---",".--.","--.-",".-.","...","-","..-","...-",".--","-..-","-.--","--..","-----",".----","..---","...--","....-",".....","-....","--...","---..","----."};

char alpha_num[36]={'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'};

size_t const characters = 36;

char output[255];

size_t index = 0;

size_t const size = sizeof(morsecode);

while(index < size){

string letter = "";

while(morsecode[index] != ' ' && index < size){

letter += morsecode[index++];

}

//find this code in the morse alphabet

int position = 0;

while(morse_code[position] != letter && position < 36){

++position;

}

output += alpha_num[position];

int count = 0;

while(morsecode[index] == ' '&& index < size){

index++;

count++;

}

if(count >= 7){

output += ' ';

}

}

return 0;

}

int main()

{

char *text;

char *morsecode;

int choice = 0;

char repeat = 'y';

while (repeat == 'y'){

cout<<"do you want to translate English to Morse code(1) or translate Morse code to English (2)?"<<endl;

cin>>choice;

if(choice==1){

cout<<"you have selected English to morse." << endl;

cout<<"Please type in a text you would like translated "<< endl;

cin.get();

cout<< "Text:" << text << endl;

cout<< "Morsecode: " << engtomol(text) <<endl;

}

else if(choice==2){

cout<<"You have selected morse to english." << endl;

cout<<"Please type in morse code(1 space between . and - within a character, 3 spaces between characters and 7 spaces between words)"<< endl;

cin.get();

cout<< "Morsecode:" << morsecode << endl;

cout << "Text: " << moltoeng(&morsecode) << endl;

}

else if ((choice < 1)||(choice > 2)){

cout << "invalid choice"<<endl;

}

{

cout << " Would you like to continue? Press y to repeat. Press any other key to stop.";

cin>>repeat;

}

}

return 0;

}

[MaBunny]

Use the thingie on the bottom right so it isnt a pain in the eye pls.