stackoverflow.com/questions/1452721

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <math.h>
#define SPACE ' '(char)
using namespace std;

// Submit text (maximum 500 characters) and store in variable
string text;
string textQuery(string msgText) {
  do {
    cout << msgText << endl;
    getline(cin, text);
  } while (text.size() > 500);
  return text;
}

// Query word to search for and store as variable
string word;
string wordQuery(string msgWord) {
  cout << msgWord << endl;
  cin >> word;
  return word;
}

// Using loop, run through the text to identify the word
int counter = 0;
bool debugCheck = false;
int searchWord() {
  for (int i = 0; i + 3 < text.size(); i++) {
    char ch_1 = text.at(i);
    char ch_2 = text.at(i + 1);
    char ch_3 = text.at(i + 2);
    char ch_4 = text.at(i + 3);
    cout << i;

    if (ch_1 == word.at(0) && ch_2 == word.at(1) && ch_3 == word.at(2) &&
        ch_4 == word.at(3)) {
      counter++;
      debugCheck = true;
    }
  }

  return counter;
}
// cout the result
int main() {
  string textUserSubmit =
      textQuery("Please submit text (max 500 characters): ");
  string wordUserSubmit = wordQuery("Please select a word to search for: ");
  int counterResponse = searchWord();
  cout << debugCheck << endl;
  cout << "The number of times is: " << counterResponse << endl;
  return 0;
}