title: Making a switch statement in C with an array?
body: <p>I am trying to make a switch statement that takes in a word into an array and then throws each letter through a switch statement and allocates a point to each letter depending on which letter it is and giving a final point value for the word, and I can't seem to get the array part right. Any help would be appreciated!</p>
  
  <pre><code>int main(){
  int letter_points = 0;
  char word[7];
  int word_length = 7;
  int i;
  printf("Enter a Word\n");
  scanf("%s", word);
  for(i = 0; i &lt; word_length; i++){
  
  switch(word){
      //1 point
      case 'A':
      case 'E':
      case 'I':
      case 'L':
      case 'N':
      case 'O':
      case 'R':
      case 'S':
      case 'T':
      case 'U':
          letter_points++;
          break;
      //2 points
      case 'D':
      case 'G':
          letter_points += 2;
          break;
      //3 points
      case 'B':
      case 'C':
      case 'M':
      case 'P':
          letter_points += 3;
          break;
      //4 points
      case 'F':
      case 'H':
      case 'V':
      case 'W':
      case 'Y':
          letter_points += 4;
          break;
      //5 points
      case 'K':
          letter_points += 5;
          break;
      //8 points
      case 'J':
      case 'X':
          letter_points += 8;
          break;
      //10 points
      case 'Q':
      case 'Z':
          letter_points += 10;
          break;
  }
  }
  printf("%d\n", letter_points);
  return;
  }
  </code></pre>