3 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/a b/a
index 74edae7..80f8744 100755
--- a/a
+++ b/a
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 66f7ebb..a57c35e 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 make:
-	g++ -o a string_shit.cpp
+	g++ -o a string_shit.cpp -ggdb
diff --git a/string_shit.cpp b/string_shit.cpp
index 4df2503..40152c9 100644
--- a/string_shit.cpp
+++ b/string_shit.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <bits/stdc++.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <map>
+
 
 using namespace std;
 int main() {
   string input;
   string input_mod;
+
+  map<char, int> char_count; 
+  //maps act sort of like an array, but insted of having numbers for indexes we can make our own indexes, called keys.
+  //so we can say things like char_count['asdf'] = 1.
+  
   while(true) {
     cout << "\nType in a string.\n";
     getline(cin, input);
@@ -21,6 +28,25 @@ int main() {
     input_mod.erase(remove_if(input_mod.begin(), input_mod.end(), ::isspace), input_mod.end());
     cout << "Number of characters in the string, excluding spaces:\t" << input_mod.length() << "\n";
 
+
+
+    for(char c : input) {                          //for every character in our string
+      if(char_count.find(c) == char_count.end()) { //if the key doesnt exist in the char_count map, the following will execute:
+        char_count.insert({c, 1});                 //we create a key and give it a value of 1.
+      }
+      else {
+        char_count[c]++;                            //otherwise, if the key exists, we add it by 1.
+      }
+    }
+    
+    for(auto const& c : char_count){              //for every key/value in the map,
+      cout << (char)c.first << ":\t" << (int)c.second << "\n"; //we print the key (pair.first) and the value (pair.second)
+    }
+
+    char_count.clear();
+
+
+
     cout << "Would you like to exit? (y/n)\n";
     getline(cin, input);
     if(input.at(0) == 'y'){