ex6_42.cpp

// @creator by Wang Yue
// @refactor by pezy
//
// @date 27, July. 2015
//
// @question
// 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", "es") << " "
         << make_plural(1, "failure") << endl;
    cout << "plural : " << make_plural(2, "success", "es") << " "
         << make_plural(2, "failure") << endl;

    return 0;
}