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Uses function pointers

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#define LEN 81/*from w  w w .  j  a v a  2  s  .com*/
char * s_gets(char * st, int n);
char showmenu(void);
void eatline(void);     // read through end of line
void show(void (* fp)(char *), char * str);
void ToUpper(char *);   
void ToLower(char *);   
void Transpose(char *); // transpose cases
void Dummy(char *);     // leave string unaltered

int main(void)
{
    char line[LEN];
    char copy[LEN];
    char choice;
    void (*pfun)(char *); // points a function having a
    // char * argument and no
    // return value
    puts("Enter a string (empty line to quit):");
    while (s_gets(line, LEN) != NULL && line[0] != '\0')
    {
        while ((choice = showmenu()) != 'n')
        {
            switch (choice   )  // switch sets pointer
            {
                case 'u' : pfun = ToUpper;   break;
                case 'l' : pfun = ToLower;   break;
                case 't' : pfun = Transpose; break;
                case 'o' : pfun = Dummy;     break;
            }
            strcpy(copy, line);// make copy for show()
            show(pfun, copy);  // use selected function
        }
        puts("Enter a string (empty line to quit):");
    }
    puts("Bye!");
    
    return 0;
}

char showmenu(void)
{
    char ans;
    puts("Enter menu choice:");
    puts("u) uppercase       l) lowercase");
    puts("t) transposed case o) original case");
    puts("n) next string");
    ans = getchar();    // get response
    ans = tolower(ans); // convert to lowercase
    eatline();          // dispose of rest of line
    while (strchr("ulton", ans) == NULL)
    {
        puts("Please enter a u, l, t, o, or n:");
        ans = tolower(getchar());
        eatline();
    }
    
    return ans;
}

void eatline(void)
{
    while (getchar() != '\n')
        continue;
}

void ToUpper(char * str)
{
    while (*str)
    {
        *str = toupper(*str);
        str++;
    }
}

void ToLower(char * str)
{
    while (*str)
    {
        *str = tolower(*str);
        str++;
    }
}
void Transpose(char * str)
{
    while (*str)
    {
        if (islower(*str))
            *str = toupper(*str);
        else if (isupper(*str))
            *str = tolower(*str);
        str++;
    }
}

void Dummy(char * str)
{
    printf("do nothing");
}

void show(void (* fp)(char *), char * str)
{
    (*fp)(str); // apply chosen function to str
    puts(str);  // display result
}

char * s_gets(char * st, int n)
{
    char * ret_val;
    char * find;
    
    ret_val = fgets(st, n, stdin);
    if (ret_val)
    {
        find = strchr(st, '\n');   // look for newline
        if (find)                  // if the address is not NULL,
            *find = '\0';          // place a null character there
        else
            while (getchar() != '\n')
                continue;          // dispose of rest of line
    }
    return ret_val;
}

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