UVa 10878 - Decode the tape

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>

char buff[100];

int main()
{
    #ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen("in.txt", "r", stdin);
    #endif

    char *p;
    int sys;
    char letter;
    while(fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), stdin)){
        if((p = strchr(buff, '|')) == NULL) continue;
        p++;
        sys = 128;
        letter = 0;
        while(*p != '|') {
            switch(*p) {
            case 'o':
                letter += sys;
            case ' ':
                sys /= 2; break;
            }
            p++;
        }
        putchar(letter);
    }
    return 0;
}