C++ simple string program - c++

Question

beginner here
i wrote the below in C++, it's a short program that currently takes 2 words as inputs, and outputs the same words back but the words are split into even and odd instead. I would like to be able to do this for 'T' words instead, but I can't figure it out. I would like to be able to first input the number of words that will follow, for example 10. Then to input the words and get T results back. So instead of just 2 words, an unlimited amount with the user specifying.
I need to put the below into a function and go from there sometime, but I want to learn the best technique to do so - any advice please?
Thanks!
Alex
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int T;
cin >> T;
string FirstWord;
cin >> FirstWord;
int LengthFirst;
LengthFirst = FirstWord.length();
string EvenFirst;
string OddFirst;
for (int i = 0; i < LengthFirst; i += 2){
EvenFirst = EvenFirst + FirstWord[i];
}
for (int i = 1; i < LengthFirst; i += 2){
OddFirst = OddFirst + FirstWord[i];
}
string SecondWord;
cin >> SecondWord;
int LengthSecond;
LengthSecond = SecondWord.length();
string EvenSecond;
string OddSecond;
for (int i = 0; i < LengthSecond; i += 2){
EvenSecond += SecondWord[i];
}
for (int i = 1; i < LengthSecond; i += 2){
OddSecond += SecondWord[i];
}
cout << EvenFirst << " " << OddFirst << endl;
cout << EvenSecond << " " << OddSecond << endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 1

Think I got it here, I was over-thinking this one
I put it in a for loop, as below - so any number of words can be input, user has to input the number of test cases at the
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int T;
cin >> T;
for (int i = 0; i < T; i++){
string FirstWord;
cin >> FirstWord;
int LengthFirst;
LengthFirst = FirstWord.length();
string EvenFirst;
string OddFirst;
for (int i = 0; i < LengthFirst; i += 2){
EvenFirst = EvenFirst + FirstWord[i];
}
for (int i = 1; i < LengthFirst; i += 2){
OddFirst = OddFirst + FirstWord[i];
}
cout << EvenFirst << " " << OddFirst << endl;
}
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Ultimately, you are performing the same task N times.
First, let's discuss how to store the information. Functionally, we have one string as input which yields two strings as output. std::pair (from <utility>) lets us easily represent this. But for sake of even-odd, std::array might be a better representation for us. Since we have a variable number of words as input, a variable number of std::array will be output. std::vector (from <vector>) is our friend here.
Second, let's discuss how to process the information. Using named variables for each output component does not scale, so let's switch to a fixed array (noted below as array<string,2>. By switching to a fixed array for output, addressing each split becomes a function of the loop index (index % 2). Below is a solution that generalizes on a known split size at compile time.
#include <string>
#include <array>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
int main() {
int N;
std::cin >> N;
constexpr const int Split = 2;
using StringPack = std::array<std::string, Split>;
std::vector<StringPack> output;
for (int wordIndex = 0; wordIndex < N; ++wordIndex) {
std::string word;
std::cin >> word;
StringPack out;
{
int index = 0;
for (char c : word) {
out[index % Split] += c;
++index;
}
}
output.emplace_back(out);
}
for (const auto & out : output) {
for (const auto & word : out) {
std::cout << word << ' ';
}
std::cout << '\n';
}
}