Discussion on: Daily Challenge #3 - Vowel Counter

int alphaArray [26];

for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
    alphaArray[i] = 0;
}

for (int index = 0; index < userInput.length(); index++) {

    userInput[index] = tolower(userInput[index]);
}

for (int characterIndex = 0; characterIndex < userInput.length(); characterIndex++) {

    alphaArray[userInput[characterIndex] - 97]++;
}

int vowels = alphaArray[0] + alphaArray[4] + alphaArray[8] + alphaArray[14] + alphaArray[20];

cout << "Total number of vowels" << vowels << endl;
cout << "Number of A's: " << alphaArray[0] << endl;
cout << "Number of E's: " << alphaArray[4] << endl;
cout << "Number of I's: " << alphaArray[8] << endl;
cout << "Number of O's: " << alphaArray[14] << endl;
cout << "Number of U's: " << alphaArray[20] << endl;