string repetition replaced by hyphen c++ - c++

Question

I am a beginner at coding, and was trying this question that replaces all repetitions of a letter in a string with a hyphen: i.e ABCDAKEA will become ABCD-KE-.I used the switch loop and it works, but i want to make it shorter and maybe use recursion to make it more effective. Any ideas?
#include<iostream>
#include<string.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char x[100];
int count[26]={0}; //initialised to zero
cout<<"Enter string: ";
cin>>x;
for(int i=0; i<strlen(x); i++)
{
switch(x[i])
{
case 'a':
{
if((count[0]++)>1)
x[i]='-';
}
case 'b':
{
if((count[1]++)>1)
x[i]='-';
}
case 'c':
{
if((count[2]++)>1)
x[i]='-';
}
//....and so on for all alphabets, ik not the cutest//
}
}

Answer 1

Iterate through the array skipping whitespace, and put characters you've never encountered before in std::set, if you find them again you put them in a duplicates std::set if you'd like to keep track of how many duplicates there are, otherwise change the value of the original string at that location to a hyphen.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>
#include <set>
int main() {
std::string s("Hello world");
std::set<char> characters;
std::set<char> duplicates;
for (std::string::size_type pos = 0; pos < s.size(); pos++) {
char c = s[pos];
// std::isspace() accepts an int, so cast c to an int
if (!std::isspace(static_cast<int>(c))) {
if (characters.count(c) == 0) {
characters.insert(c);
} else {
duplicates.insert(c);
s[pos] = '-';
}
}
}
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Naive (inefficient) but simple approach, requires at least C++11.
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
std::string f(std::string s)
{
auto first{s.begin()};
const auto last{s.end()};
while (first != last)
{
auto next{first + 1};
if (std::isalpha(static_cast<unsigned char>(*first)))
std::replace(next, last, *first, '-');
first = next;
}
return s;
}
int main()
{
const std::string input{"ABCDBEFKAJHLB"};
std::cout << f(input) << '\n';
return 0;
}

Answer 3

First, notice English capital letters in ASCII table fall in this range 65-90. Casting a capital letter static_cast<int>('A') will yield an integer. If after casing the number is between 65-90, we know it is a capital letter. For small letters, the range is 97-122. Otherwise the character is not a letter basically.
Check create an array or a vector of bool and track the repetitive letters. Simple approach is
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string str("ABCDAKEAK");
vector<bool> vec(26,false);
for(int i(0); i < str.size(); ++i){
if( !vec[static_cast<int>(str[i]) - 65] ){
cout << str[i];
vec[static_cast<int>(str[i]) - 65] = true;
}else{
cout << "-";
}
}
cout << endl;
return 0;
}
Note: I assume the input solely letters and they are capital. The idea is centered around tracking via bool.

Answer 4

When you assume input charactor encode is UTF-8, you can refactor like below:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <optional>
#include <utility>
std::optional<std::size_t> char_to_index(char u8char){
if (u8'a' <= u8char && u8char <= u8'z'){
return u8char - u8'a';
}
else if (u8'A' <= u8char && u8char <= u8'A'){
return u8char - u8'A';
}
else {
return std::nullopt;
}
}
std::string repalce_mutiple_occurence(std::string u8input, char u8char)
{
bool already_found[26] = {};
for(char& c : u8input){
if (const auto index = char_to_index(c); index && std::exchange(already_found[*index], true)){
c = u8char;
}
}
return u8input;
}
int main(){
std::string input;
std::getline(std::cin, input);
std::cout << repalce_mutiple_occurence(input, u8'-');
}
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note: On C++20, you should use char8_t instead of using char.