ex6_42.cpp

//! @Alan
//!
//! 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>
#include <vector>
#include <iterator>

using namespace std;


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;

}