main.cpp

// Mad-Lib
// story based on user input

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string askText(string prompt);
int askNumber(string prompt);
void tellStory(string name, string noun, int number,
               string bodyPart, string verb);

int main() {
    cout << "Welcome to Mad Lib. \n\n";
    cout << "Answer the following questions to help create a new story.\n";

    string name = askText("Please enter a name: ");
    string noun = askText("enter a plural noun: ");
    int number = askNumber("Please enter a number: ");
    string bodyPart = askText("Please a body part: ");
    string verb = askText("Enter a verb: ");

    tellStory(name, noun, number, bodyPart, verb);

    return 0;
}

// cin only works with strings & no white space inbetween words
string askText(string prompt) {
    string text;
    cout << prompt;
    cin >> text;
    return text;
}

//Gets an integer from the user
int askNumber(string prompt) {
    int num;
    cout << prompt;
    cin >> num;
    return num;
}

void tellStory(string name, string noun, int number,
               string bodyPart, string verb) {

    cout << "\nHere’s your story:\n";
    cout << "The famous explorer ";
    cout << name;
    cout << " had nearly given up a life-long quest to find\n"; cout << "The Lost City of ";
    cout << noun;
    cout << " when one day, the ";
    cout << noun;
    cout << " found the explorer.\n";
    cout << "Surrounded by ";
    cout << number;
    cout << " " << noun;
    cout << ", a tear came to ";
    cout << name << "’s ";
    cout << bodyPart << ".\n";
    cout << "After all this time, the quest was finally over. "; cout << "And then, the ";
    cout << noun << "\n";
    cout << "promptly devoured ";
    cout << name << ". ";
    cout << "The moral of the story? Be careful what you ";
    cout << verb;
    cout << " for.";
}