Question

How to count the number of words in text file in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h> 

int main(void)
{   
    char ch;
    int nw=0;
    FILE *fp;
    
    fp=fopen("d:\\data.txt","r");
    if (fp==NULL)
    {
      printf("Error open file");
      return 0;
    }
    else
    {
        while ((ch=getc(fp))!=EOF)
        {
            if (ch==' ')
            {
                while((ch=getc(fp))==' ');
                nw++;
            }
        }
        nw++;
     }
     printf("words: %d\n",nw);
         
     return 0;
}

 
/*
run:
   
words: 6

*/

 

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