box-o-sand/oldstuff/lcthw-remnants/ex13.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if (argc < 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: You must provide at least one argument.\n");
        return 1;
    }

    int i;
    int argn;

    char letter;
    int up_low_sep = (int)('a' - 'A');
    int upper_floor = (int)'A';
    int upper_ceil = (int)'Z';

    for(argn = 1; argn < argc; argn++) {
        for(i = 0; '\0' != (letter = argv[argn][i]); i++) {
            int i_letter = (int)letter;
            if (upper_floor < i_letter && i_letter < upper_ceil) {
                letter = (char)(i_letter + up_low_sep);
            }

            switch(letter) {
                case 'a':
                    printf("%d: 'a'\n", i);
                    break;

                case 'e':
                    printf("%d: 'e'\n", i);
                    break;

                case 'i':
                    printf("%d: 'i'\n", i);
                    break;

                case 'o':
                    printf("%d: 'o'\n", i);
                    break;

                case 'u':
                    printf("%d: 'u'\n", i);
                    break;

                case 'y':
                    if (i > 2) {
                        printf("%d: 'Y'\n", i);
                    } else {
                        printf("%d: 'Y' isn't a vowel this time\n", i);
                    }
                    break;

                default:
                    printf("%d: '%c' is not a vowel\n", i, letter);
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}