ex6_42.cpp

//! @Yue Wang
//!
//! Exercise 6.42:
//! Give the second parameter of make_plural (§ 6.3.2, p. 224) a default
//! argument of 's'. Test your program by printing singular and plural
//! versions of the words success and failure.
//!

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::string; using std::cout; using std::endl;

string make_plural(size_t ctr, const string &word, const string &ending = "s")
{
    return (ctr > 1) ? word + ending : word;
}

int main()
{
    cout << "singual: " << make_plural(1, "success") << " " << make_plural(1, "failure") << endl;
    cout << "plural : " << make_plural(2, "success") << " " << make_plural(2, "failure") << endl;

    return 0;
}