Scribd
Upload
14 views1 page

C Program File Analysis

This document provides a C program that counts characters, words, and lines in a text file without using inbuilt functions like `fgetc()` or `isspace()`. It utilizes `getc()` for reading characters and performs manual checks for whitespace. The program outputs the total counts of characters, words, and lines after processing the file.

Uploaded by

BINDUANN THOMAS
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
14 views1 page

C Program File Analysis

This document provides a C program that counts characters, words, and lines in a text file without using inbuilt functions like `fgetc()` or `isspace()`. It utilizes `getc()` for reading characters and performs manual checks for whitespace. The program outputs the total counts of characters, words, and lines after processing the file.

Uploaded by

BINDUANN THOMAS
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

C Program to Count Characters, Words,

and Lines Without Inbuilt Functions


Below is a C program to count the number of characters, words, and lines in a text file
without using inbuilt functions like `fgetc()` or `isspace()`. The program uses `getc()` and
manual checks for whitespace characters.

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
FILE *fp = fopen("text.txt", "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
printf("File not found.\n");
return 1;
}

char ch;
int charCount = 0, wordCount = 0, lineCount = 0, inWord = 0;

while (1) {
ch = getc(fp); // basic function to get character from file
if (ch == EOF)
break;

charCount++;

if (ch == '\n')
lineCount++;

// check for whitespace manually (space, tab, newline)


if (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\n') {
inWord = 0;
} else if (inWord == 0) {
inWord = 1;
wordCount++;
}
}

fclose(fp);
printf("Characters: %d\nWords: %d\nLines: %d\n", charCount,
wordCount, lineCount);
return 0;
}

You might also like