string related problem

[jake eum]

string temp = "ACB ME BAT"

and i want convert A->1 B->2... so on and convert temp to certain number

A C B space
(1*1) + (3* 2) + (2 * 3) + ( 0 * 4).......


but when i do

for( int i=0 ; i < temp.size() or temp.length() ; i++)

it only read size one by one

but i want to read the whole string as one word (not one by one)(include space)

also iterator shows the same problem.

is there any string methods useful for this problem?

or read whole space string as one?

[firedraco]

but i want to read the whole string as one word (not one by one)(include space)

You say want to read it as one word (which it isn't btw), but your algorithm doesn't want words, it wants letters.

Or am I misunderstanding what you are trying to do?

[jake eum]

Oh

   string temp 
    cin>> temp;
    cout << temp.length() <<endl;
    
    for(int i=0 ; i < temp.length() ; i++){
        
        cout << temp[i] <<endl;
    }

if I input stream string as "hello my name is"

temp.length() is not 15

its 5,2,4,2

which make me difficult to solve the problem