Question

Write a program that reads a string entered at the command line and counts the number of characters or words. A blank space should be used to delimit a word. Name the program StringCount and design it to be invoked using syntax as follows:

StringCount –[c][w] user_string

Answer 1

#include<stdio.h>

#include<conio.h>

int main()

{

int count_words=0,i;
int count_char=0;

char str[20];

printf("Enter string : ");

gets(str);

for(i=0; str[i]!=NULL; i++)
{

count_char++;
if(str[i]==' ')
count_words++;
}

printf("\nNumber of characters in string : %d",count_char);
printf("\nNumber of words in string : % d",count_words+1);
getch();
return 0;

}