Make an algorithm based from this code   /*     The program is all about string manipulation wherein the user will enter a string. The program will format      the string to upper case -> lower case letters alternately, disregarding the spaces. For example, the user input is     masbate. The output must be MaSbAtE. */

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/*
    The program is all about string manipulation wherein the user will enter a string. The program will format 
    the string to upper case -> lower case letters alternately, disregarding the spaces. For example, the user input is
    masbate. The output must be MaSbAtE.
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void manipulateString(string myInput) {    
    ofstream outFile; 
    int mySpaces[5];
    int myCount = 0;
    
    // make string in lowercase
    for (int i = 0; i < myInput.length(); i++) {
            myInput[i] = tolower(myInput[i]); 
    }
    
    // count the number of spaces in the string and get the index of each of those spaces
    for (int i = 0; i < myInput.length(); i++) {
        if (myInput[i] == ' ') {
            mySpaces[myCount] = i;
            myCount++;
        }
    }
    
    // erase the spaces in the string
    for (int i = 0; i < myInput.length(); i++) {
        if (myInput[i] == ' ')
            myInput.erase(i, 1);
    }
    
    // formatting the string to upper case -> lower case letters alternately
    for (int i = 0; i < myInput.length(); i++) {
        if (i % 2 == 0)
            myInput[i] = toupper(myInput[i]); 
    }
    
    // insert the spaces using the indexes from the first for loop above
    for (int i = 0; i < myCount; i++)
        myInput.insert(mySpaces[i], " ");
        
    cout << "New String Value: " << myInput << endl;
    
    outFile.open("string.txt", std::ios_base::app);
    outFile << myInput << endl;
    outFile.close();
}

int main () {    
    string myInput;
    
    cout << "Enter a string: ";
    getline(cin, myInput);
        
    manipulateString(myInput); // call manipulateString void function                
}

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