#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;


void mypause(void);
int specialCounter(char *foo, int &consonants);

bool isVowel(char c);
void menu();

int main()
{
    const int BUFFER = 251;        //Array size
    char str[BUFFER];      // To hold the string
    char decision;
    int consonants;
    bool flag = true;

    cout << "Please enter a string (up to 250 characters): " << endl;
    cin.getline(str, BUFFER);

    int vowels = specialCounter(str, consonants);

    do
    {
        menu();
        cin >> decision;
        switch(decision)
        {
            case 'a':
            case 'A':
                cout << vowels << " vowels\n\n";
                break;
            case 'b':
            case 'B':
                cout << consonants << " consonants\n\n";
                break;
            case 'c':
            case 'C':
                cout << vowels << " vowels\t " << consonants << " consonants\n\n";
                break;
            case 'd':
            case 'D':
                cout << "Please enter a string (up to 250 characters): " << endl;
                cout << "test";
                cin.getline(str, BUFFER);
                cout << "\ntest\n";
                vowels = specialCounter(str, consonants);
                cout << "If we made it here the vowels were counted somehow...\n";
                break;
            case 'e':
            case 'E':
                flag = false;
                break;
            default:
                cout << "Invalid choice\n";
        }
        mypause();
    }while(flag);

    return 0;
}

void menu()
{
    cout << "ALPHABETIC VOWEL/CONSONANT COUNTER. NO NUMBERS ALLOWED NERD\n";
    cout << "\nA) Count the number of vowels in the string\n";
    cout << "B) Count the number of consonants in the string\n";
    cout << "C) Count both the vowels and consonants in the string\n";
    cout << "D) Enter another string\n";
    cout << "E) Exit the program\n\n";
}

bool isVowel(char c)
{
 switch(c)
 {
    case 'a':
    case 'A':
    case 'e':
    case 'E':
    case 'i':
    case 'I':
    case 'o':
    case 'O':
    case 'u':
    case 'U':
    return true;
 }
   return false;
}
int specialCounter(char *foo, int &consonants)
{
    int vowels = 0;
    consonants = 0;

    while (*foo)
    {
        isVowel(*foo) ? vowels++ : consonants++;
        foo++;
    }
    return vowels;
}
void mypause(void)// Function mypause()
{
    system("pause");
    return;
}