associative_array info_list[1000]; while(1) { cout << endl; cout << "Please name a person... "; cin >> name; information = info_list[name]; if ( information == NULL ) { cout << "That person is not in the data base." << endl; cout << "Please tell me something about " << name << "... " ; cin >> info_list[name]; cout << "Thankyou." << endl; } else { cout << name << " is a " << info_list[name]<< "." << endl; cout << "Should I delete " << name << "? ..." ; cin >> answer; if ( answer == YES ) delete info_list[name] (somehow); } } Please name a person... Clinton That person is not in the data base. Please tell me something about Clinton... President Thankyou. Please name a person... Starr That person is not in the data base. Please tell me something about Starr... Prosecutor Thankyou. Please name a person... Monica Lewinski That person is not in the data base. Please tell me something about Monica Lewinski... Intern Thankyou. Please name a person... Franklin Delano Roosevelt That person is not in the data base. Please tell me something about Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... former president Thankyou. Please name a person... Monica Lewinski Monica Lewinski is a Intern Should I delete Monica Lewinski? ... NO Please name a person... Clinton Clinton is a President. Should I delete Clinton? ... YES Please name a person... Monica Lewinski Monica Lewinski is a Intern Should I delete Monica Lewinski? ... NO Please name a person... Clinton That person is not in the data base. Please tell me something about Clinton... Democrat Please name a person... Clinton Clinton is a Democrat. Should I delete Clinton? ... NO Please name a person... Starr Starr is a Prosecutor Should I delete Starr? ... YES Don't you wish politics were this easy?