1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: Find the first letter in alphabet from the input:
Accept the input of a series of upper case alphabetic letters one at a time. The input ends with a 0. Find and display the first letter in alphabetic order. For example, input of D, G, T, S, V, G, C, K, P should result in C.
2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
P.S. I am using cygwin in windows to do this script.
3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
Im not sure how to tackle this question so im asking for tips and pin pointers.
Basically what i think i should do is use a while loop and the shift command to take in the letters one at a time (But i heard shift deletes the first input so im not sure if its possible) then use an nested if statement
to get rid of any non alphabetical inputs with an else to give an error.
THen thats where im stuck. How would someone find out the first letter from a given amount of letters?4. Insearch: (University of Technology Sydney), Sydney NSW, Australia, James Hu (web systems), www(dot)insearch.edu.au/default.aspx?ArticleID=430
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this is what ive managed thus far
i get the following errors though
after further thought i think i should use case instead to validate the use of A-Z such as a [A-Z]) code code;; is that a better idea?
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