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+ #include <iostream>
+#include <string> 
+
+using namespace std;
+char paragraph;
+
+
+int main()
+{
+	string paragraph;
+	cout << "Please enter your paragraph:";
+	getline (cin,paragraph);
+	cout << "Hello, your paragraph is " << paragraph << "!\n";
+	string paragraph1 = paragraph;
+	//string sentence = paragraph + " " +paragraph + " " + paragraph;
+	//cout << sentence << endl;
+	cout << "The size of your paragraph = " << paragraph.size() << " characters. \n\n";
+	string word;
+	cout << "Please enter the word you are searching for:";
+		getline (cin,word);
+
+		cout << "Hello, your word is " << word << "!\n";
+
+	
+
+bool wordsearch = true;
+	do {
+		if (paragraph.find(word) == string::npos)
+		cout << "" << word << " does not exist in the sentence" << endl;
+
+		cout << "The word " << word << " is now found at location " << paragraph.find(word) << endl << endl;
+
+
+		
+		if (paragraph.empty())
+	{
+		cout << "\nThe sentence is empty" << endl;
+	}
+	else
+		cout << "\nThe sentence is not empty" << endl;
+
+	system ("pause");
+	
+	}while (wordsearch = true);
+}