I need help to finish this program: //Purpose: This program tests comparing two

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I need help to finish this program: //Purpose:  This program tests comparing two one dimensional arrays to each
//        other.  Specifically, the program will read in an arry of
//        characters and see if it is a palindrome by copying the
//        array backwards into another array, then seeing if the
//        two arrays have the same values.
//Note:  Words can be no longer than 20 characters, but they may be shorter.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//function prototypes
void readWord(char[],int&);
void reverseWord(char[],char[],int);
bool palindrome(char[],char[],int);

int main()
{
    //Variable declarations
    char word[20],reverse[20];
    int howMany;

    //initialize both arrays to contain the character ' '
    initialize boththe arrays with the blank character ' '
    //read the word
    readWord(word,howMany);    

    //create the reverse of the original word
    reverseWord(word,reverse,howMany);

    // print the reversed word
    cout << "Reversed word is : " ;
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << reverse[i];
    cout << endl;        

    //output the original word
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << word[i];


    //if the two words are the same, the original was a palindrome
    if(palindrome(word,reverse,howMany))
        cout << " is a palindrome. ";
    else
        cout << " is not a palindrome. ";
    return 0;
}

//function readWord reads in characters until ' ' and keeps count
//of how many characters were read.  The first parameter is the array
//to store the word read.  The second parameter is for how many characters.
void readWord(char word[],int& howMany)
{
    int i=0;
    howMany = 0;
    cin.get(word[i]);
    while((word[i] != ' ') && (i < 20))
    {
        howMany++;
        i++;
        cin.get(word[i]);
    }
    if(word[i] == ' ')
        word[i] = ' ';
    return;
}
        
//function reverseWord takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in the first array.
//The purpose of reverseWord is to copy the first array into the second
//array backwards.
void reverseWord(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany)
{
    //Write thecode necessary to copy the array word into the array//reverse in backwards order. Remember that if there are howMany//characters in the array, then the last character is stored in//location howMany-1, and the first character is stored in location 0.
    return;
}


//function palindrome takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in each array.
//The purpose of palindrome is to compare each character in the first
//array with the corresponding character in the second array and see if
//the two arrays are identical.  If they are, then palindrome returns true.
//Otherwise palindrome returns false.
bool palindrome(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany)
{
    //Write thecode necessary to compare each character of word with the//corresponding character of reverse. If the two characters are ever//not the same, then the function should return false. Otherwise//the function should return true.
} I need help to finish this program: //Purpose:  This program tests comparing two one dimensional arrays to each
//        other.  Specifically, the program will read in an arry of
//        characters and see if it is a palindrome by copying the
//        array backwards into another array, then seeing if the
//        two arrays have the same values.
//Note:  Words can be no longer than 20 characters, but they may be shorter.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//function prototypes
void readWord(char[],int&);
void reverseWord(char[],char[],int);
bool palindrome(char[],char[],int);

int main()
{
    //Variable declarations
    char word[20],reverse[20];
    int howMany;

    //initialize both arrays to contain the character ' '
    initialize boththe arrays with the blank character ' '
    //read the word
    readWord(word,howMany);    

    //create the reverse of the original word
    reverseWord(word,reverse,howMany);

    // print the reversed word
    cout << "Reversed word is : " ;
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << reverse[i];
    cout << endl;        

    //output the original word
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << word[i];


    //if the two words are the same, the original was a palindrome
    if(palindrome(word,reverse,howMany))
        cout << " is a palindrome. ";
    else
        cout << " is not a palindrome. ";
    return 0;
}

//function readWord reads in characters until ' ' and keeps count
//of how many characters were read.  The first parameter is the array
//to store the word read.  The second parameter is for how many characters.
void readWord(char word[],int& howMany)
{
    int i=0;
    howMany = 0;
    cin.get(word[i]);
    while((word[i] != ' ') && (i < 20))
    {
        howMany++;
        i++;
        cin.get(word[i]);
    }
    if(word[i] == ' ')
        word[i] = ' ';
    return;
}
        
//function reverseWord takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in the first array.
//The purpose of reverseWord is to copy the first array into the second
//array backwards.
void reverseWord(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany)
{
    //Write thecode necessary to copy the array word into the array//reverse in backwards order. Remember that if there are howMany//characters in the array, then the last character is stored in//location howMany-1, and the first character is stored in location 0.
    return;
}


//function palindrome takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in each array.
//The purpose of palindrome is to compare each character in the first
//array with the corresponding character in the second array and see if
//the two arrays are identical.  If they are, then palindrome returns true.
//Otherwise palindrome returns false.
bool palindrome(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany)
{
    //Write thecode necessary to compare each character of word with the//corresponding character of reverse. If the two characters are ever//not the same, then the function should return false. Otherwise//the function should return true.
}

Explanation / Answer

Dear.. //Purpose:  This program tests comparing two one dimensional arrays to each
//        other.  Specifically, the program will read in an arry of
//        characters and see if it is a palindrome by copying the
//        array backwards into another array, then seeing if the
//        two arrays have the same values.
//Note:  Words can be no longer than 20 characters, but they may be shorter.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//function prototypes
void readWord(char[],int&);
void reverseWord(char[],char[],int);
bool palindrome(char[],char[],int);

int main()
{
    //Variable declarations
    char word[20],reverse[20];
    int howMany;

    //initialize both arrays to contain the character ' '        for(inti=0;i<20;i++)        {               word[i]=' ';                 reverse[i]='';          } //read the word
    readWord(word,howMany);    

    //create the reverse of the original word
    reverseWord(word,reverse,howMany);

    // print the reversed word
    cout << "Reversed word is : " ;
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << reverse[i];
    cout << endl;        

    //output the original word
    for(int i=0; i<20;i++)
        cout << word[i];


    //if the two words are the same, the original was a palindrome
    if(palindrome(word,reverse,howMany))
        cout << " is a palindrome. ";
    else
        cout << " is not a palindrome. ";
    return 0;
} //function readWord reads in characters until ' ' and keeps count
//of how many characters were read.  The first parameter is the array
//to store the word read.  The second parameter is for how many characters.
void readWord(char word[],int& howMany)
{
    int i=0;
    howMany = 0;
    cin.get(word[i]);
    while((word[i] != ' ') && (i < 20))
    {
        howMany++;
        i++;
        cin.get(word[i]);
    }
    if(word[i] == ' ')
        word[i] = ' ';
    return;
}
        
//function reverseWord takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in the first array.
//The purpose of reverseWord is to copy the first array into the second
//array backwards.
void reverseWord(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany) {           intj=howMany-1;        for(inti=0;i<howMany;i++)      {         reverse[i]=words[j];         j--;       }      return; }     //function palindrome takes two character array parameters and an integer
//parameter telling how many characters are in each array.
//The purpose of palindrome is to compare each character in the first
//array with the corresponding character in the second array and see if
//the two arrays are identical.  If they are, then palindrome returns true.
//Otherwise palindrome returns false.
bool palindrome(char word[],char reverse[],int howMany)
{        boolstatus=true;        for(inti=0;i<howMany;i++)          if(wor[i]!=reverse[i])             {   status=false;                    break;              }         returnstatus; }

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