From a12ef256a4a08ce22537769437cc6480d7dd21fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Harris <ethanharrisyc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:45:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] addresses the handling of the input 'nothing' closes #1

---
 main.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d9884f9..29a41d4 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cctype>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 using std::cout;
 using std::cin;
@@ -21,12 +22,18 @@ int main(){
   pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
   cout << "What are you listening to?\n";
   getline(cin,input);
+  if(input == "nothing"){
+    return 0;
+  }
   transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
   cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "! Let's listen to more\n";
 
   do{
     cout << "What's next?\n";
     getline(cin,input);
+    if(input == "nothing"){
+      return 0;
+    }
     transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
     pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
     cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "!\n";