runMethod

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
//# <string>
using namespace std;


//method that prompts user if they wish to run method inside program,
//user can enter a any of the confirmation inputs listed in the string array
//for loop runs through each element in array are checks if it matches user input
//if true runs methods else false so it doesn't run method 
bool runMethod(string method){
    string answer;
    string confirm[6] = {"yes", "y", "sure", "sounds good", "why not", "kay"};
    //string method;
    cout << "would you like to run " + method + "?\n: ";
    cin >> answer;
    for (int i=0; i < 6; i++){
        if (answer == confirm[i])
        {
            cout << "Great! " + method + " will be starting shortly... \n\n";
            return true;
        } 
        else if (i == 5)
        {
            //cout << "it made it to the end, which is: " << i << "\n\n";
            return false;
        }
        else
        {
            //cout << "this the current answer that is being checked " + confirm[i] + "\n"; 
            //cout << "the answer was " + answer << endl;
            //cout << "this is the value of i = " << i << " \n";
        }
    }
}

//practice with concatenation in C++
//prompts user to enter first name then last name
//and concatenates both strings is with a space in between
void concatenate(){
    string firstName;
    string lastName;
    cout << "type your first name \n: ";
    cin >> firstName;
    cout << "type your last name \n: ";
    cin >> lastName;
    string fullName = firstName + " " + lastName;
    cout << fullName;   

}

//gets length of string
void length(){
    cout << endl;
    string txt = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    cout << "The length of the txt string is: " << txt.length();
}

//uses append to add Doe to end of John string
void append(){
    cout << endl;
    string firstName = "John ";
    string lastName = "Doe";
    string fullName = firstName.append(lastName);
    cout << fullName;
}

//practices try/catch usage
//trys to run divide by zero
//catches and outputs error caught
void tryCatch(){
    try 
    {
        // Code that might raise an exception
        int divisor = 0;
        if (divisor == 0) {
            throw std::runtime_error("Divide by zero error");
    }

        int result = 10 / divisor;
        std::cout << "Result: " << result << std::endl;
    } 
    catch (const std::exception& e) 
    {
        // Code to handle the exception
        std::cerr << "Exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }
}

//where the methods actually get run or not
int main (){
    if (runMethod("concatenate")){
        concatenate();
        cout << endl;
    }
    if (runMethod("append")){
        append();
        cout << endl;
    }
    if (runMethod("length")){
        length();
        cout << endl;
    }
    if (runMethod("tryCatch")){
        tryCatch();
        cout << endl;
    }

    return 0;
}