#include <iostream>

#include <string>

    using namespace std;

    int main()

    {
        string merchantSMS, payConfirmSMS;

        cout << "The Merchant invoke payment SMS: ";

        getline (cin, merchantSMS);
        cout << "The Payservice payment confirmation SMS: ";
        getline (cin, payConfirmSMS);

//Convert SMS’s to uppercase

    for (int i = 0; i < merchantSMS.length(); i++)
    {
       merchantSMS[i] = toupper (merchantSMS[i]);
    }

//Check for correct format of Merchant SMS

    //getline (cin, text);
    if (merchantSMS.find ('#') != string::npos)
    {
        cout << "Contains # character" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "Incorrect SMS format. Error: Does not contain the #
character!" << endl;
    }

//Check if Merchant SMS transaction is tied to a previous transaction

int nextProcess
int position = merchantSMS.find ('#');

    if (position != string::npos)

    {
        if (merchantSMS.find ('#', position+1) != string::npos)
        {
            cout << "Contains 2 # separation hence has previous
transaction number" << endl;
nextProcess=1;
        }
        else
        {
            cout << "New transaction!" << endl;
nextProcess=2;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        cout << " Incorrect SMS format. Error: Does not contain the #
character!" << endl;
    }
//Get Buyer number and confirm if is correct length
    if (position != 11)
    {
        cout << "The buyer phone number is incorrect!" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "Correct phone number length!" << endl;
    }

//Confirm if Buyer phone number has correct phone number format i.e 07-- ------
//get the phone number from string
string buyerPhoneNumber

    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)

    {
       buyerPhoneNumber[i] = merchantSMS[i];
    }

//check for invalid characters in the phone number

    if (buyerPhoneNumber.find_first_not_of ("1234567890") !=
string::npos)
    {
        cout << "The buyer phone number entered contains
invalid characters" 
             << endl;
    }

//check if the first two characters of the phone number are ‘07’
string bPNcheck

    for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++)

    {
bPNcheck[i] = buyerPhoneNumber[i];
    }

    if (bPNcheck !=”07”)

    {
      cout << "The buyer phone number is invalid!" 

             << endl;

}
    else
    {
       bPNcheck= buyerPhoneNumber;
    }

//Get the Amount to be paid

    if (nextProcess == 1)
    {

string payableAmount
    int position = merchantSMS.find ('#');

    for (int i = position+1; i < merchantSMS.length(); i++)

    {
        payableAmount = payableAmount + merchantSMS[i]);
    }

    elseif (nextProcess == 2)

    {

string payableAmount
int position = merchantSMS.find ('#');
    int position2 = merchantSMS.find ('#', position+1);

    for (int i = position+1; i < position2; i++)

    {
       payableAmount = payableAmount + merchantSMS[i]);
    }

    }

    else
    {
        cout << "Error getting the payable amount!" << endl;
    }

//Get previous transaction number (where relevant)

    if (nextProcess == 2)
    {

string prevTransactionNo
int position = merchantSMS.find ('#');
    int position2 = merchantSMS.find ('#', position+1);

    for (int i = position2+1; i < merchantSMS.length(); i++)

    {
       prevTransactionNo[i] = merchantSMS[i]);
    }

    }
    else
    {
        cout << "Error getting the previous transaction number!" <<
endl;
    }

//Display the acquired fields

    cout << "Buyer Phone Number: " << bPNcheck << " Payable Amount: " <<
payableAmount << "Previous Transaction Number: " << prevTransactionNo <<
endl;
      return 0;
    }