for (int f = 0; szInput[f] !='@'; f++)

[jonmon6691]

dam* i should've seen that! Thanks

 

[jonmon6691]

all right thanks to everyone that helped.

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
      //Main variables intalized here
      int disp=0;
      int f = 0;
      int ii = 0;
      char szInput[128];
      char cAlpha[] = {" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
YZ"};
      int  nIndex[] =  {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2
 0,21,22,23,24,25,26,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,
14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26};
      int  ninputindex[128];
      //Beyond here is the program
      cout << ">:";
      cin >> szInput;

      for (; szInput[f] != '\0'; f++)
      {
          ii=0;
          //cout << "\nloop    1: " << f;
          for (;ii<53;ii++)
          {
              //cout << "\nloop  2: " << ii;
              if (szInput[f] == cAlpha[ii])
              {
                 ninputindex[f]=nIndex[ii];
              }
          }
      }
      int j = f ;
      for (;j > 0;j--)
      {

          cout << ninputindex[disp] << " ";
          disp++;
      }

      system("PAUSE");
      return 0;