LetterCounter

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cctype> /* isalpha() */
#include<cstdio>

using namespace std;

char alphabet[256] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

int countLetter(const char letter, FILE *f) {
    cout << "In countLetter..." << endl;
    /* Assumes it's a alpha letter and that there is a database */
    int pos = 1;
    cout << "Letter: " << letter << endl;
    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(alphabet); ++i) {
        if (alphabet[i] == letter) {
            pos += i;
        }
    }
    /* Store in Database */
    fprintf(f, "%c %d\n", letter, pos);
    return pos;
}

int findInDatabase(const char letter, FILE *f) {
    cout << "findInDatabase reached..." << endl;
    /* Assumes that there is a database */
    char line[256];
    char currentLetter;
    int currentValue = 0;
    int letterValue = 0;
    int numberOfLines = 0;

    while (!feof(f)) {
        //fseek(f, numberOfLines, SEEK_SET);

        /*
        printf("fgets(): \n");
        fgets(line, 256, f);
        cout << "The line:" << line << endl;
         */

        printf("fscanf(): ");
        fscanf(f, "%c %d\n", &currentLetter, &currentValue);

        cout << "L:" << currentLetter << " V:" << currentValue << endl;
        if (currentLetter == letter) {
            letterValue = currentValue;
            break;
        }
        numberOfLines++;
    }
    return letterValue;
}

int countWord(const char *w) {
    cout << "In countWord..." << endl;
    int total = 0;
    FILE *f = fopen("worddb.txt", "a+");
    int databaseResult = 0;
    cout << "After opening file..." << endl;
    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(w); ++i) {
        rewind(f);
        if (isalnum(w[i]) && f != NULL) {
            databaseResult = findInDatabase(w[i], f);
            if (databaseResult) {
                total += databaseResult;
                cout << "Total: " << total << endl;
            } else {
                total += countLetter(w[i], f);
            }
        }
    }
    fclose(f);
    return total;
}

int main() {
    char word[256];
    while (1) {
        cout << "Enter a word: ";
        cin >> word;
        if (strcmp(word, "quit") == 0) {
            break;
        }
        cout << word << " has a total of " << countWord(word) << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}