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- * WC.C a wordcount/linecount program
- */
-
- #include <stdio.h> /* header for getchar() */
- #include <ctype.h> /* header for isalpha() */
-
- #ifndef YES
- #define YES 1
- #endif
-
- #ifndef NO
- #define NO 0
- #endif
-
- main()
- {
- int character, wordcount, linecount, in_word = NO;
-
- wordcount = linecount = 0;
-
- /* get characters from standard input */
- while( (character = getchar()) != EOF)
- {
- if (character == '\n') /* if it's a Newline */
- ++linecount; /* increment the line count */
- if (!isalpha(character)) /* if not an alpha character */
- in_word = NO; /* set the in_word flag */
- else if (in_word == NO) /* else it's not alpha, */
- { /* and was in a word */
- in_word = YES; /* reset in_word flag, and */
- ++wordcount; /* increment the wordcount */
- }
- }
- /* print the results */
- printf(" Number of words: %d\n", wordcount);
- printf(" Number of lines: %d\n", linecount);
- }
-
-