From 57bf4ed93161691a0cbbba9dfabbb228fe413bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Meline <ryan.c.meline@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:17:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Typing nothing now terminates program, resolves #96

---
 main.cpp | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d9884f9..0bf2066 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;
@@ -22,15 +23,16 @@ int main(){
   cout << "What are you listening to?\n";
   getline(cin,input);
   transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
-  cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "! Let's listen to more\n";
+  if(input != "nothing")
+    cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "! Let's listen to more\n";
 
-  do{
+  while( input != "nothing") {
     cout << "What's next?\n";
     getline(cin,input);
     transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
     pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
     cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "!\n";
-  }while( input != "nothing" );
+  };
 
   return 0;
 }
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From 8954c100e493f050057b9beb953ff8aa168de36c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Meline <ryan.c.meline@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:31:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fixed merge conflicts, resolves #96

---
 main.cpp | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 0bf2066..44a21b7 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ using std::transform;
 
 const vector <string> VALIDATION = {"Cool","Great","Perfect","Beautiful","Aw, yeah"};
 
+string get_input_in_lowercase();
+
 int main(){
   string input;
   int pick;
@@ -21,18 +23,24 @@ int main(){
   srand(time(0));
   pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
   cout << "What are you listening to?\n";
-  getline(cin,input);
-  transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
+  input = get_input_in_lowercase();
   if(input != "nothing")
     cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "! Let's listen to more\n";
 
-  while( input != "nothing") {
+
+  while( input != "nothing" ) {
     cout << "What's next?\n";
-    getline(cin,input);
-    transform(input.begin(), input.end(), input.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
+    input = get_input_in_lowercase();
     pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
     cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "!\n";
   };
 
   return 0;
+}
+
+string get_input_in_lowercase(){
+  string in;
+  getline(cin,in);
+  transform(in.begin(), in.end(), in.begin(), [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
+  return in;
 }
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From 6a91583ab37d859d191acd9ae4c759051bc4605e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Meline <ryan.c.meline@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:40:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] resolves #96

---
 main.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 122626b..1d3c289 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ int main(){
     cout << "What's next?\n";
     input = get_input_in_lowercase();
     pick = rand() % VALIDATION.size();
-    cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "!\n";
+    if( input != "nothing")
+      cout << VALIDATION[pick] << "!\n";
   };
 
   return 0;