// reading in up to 50 characters, then printing them out
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	const int size = 50;
	char array[size], letter;
	int j, i = 0;
	bool stop = false;

	//fill the array with letters
	cout << "Please enter up to " << size << " letters, CTRL-Z to stop"<< endl;
	cin >> letter;	// read in first letter
	while ((cin)&&(!stop))
	{
		array[i] = letter;
		i ++;
		if (i == size) // have met size of array
		{
			cout << "You have entered 50 letters" << endl;
			stop = true;
		}
		else	// read in next letter
			cin >> letter;
	}

	cout << " The entered letters " << endl;
	for (j = 0; j < i; j ++)
		cout << array[j] << " " ;
	cout << endl;
}