ex1301.c Text Statistics

/* ex1301.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()
{
    char phrase[]="When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.";

    int index,alpha,space,punct;
    alpha=space=punct=0;

    /*gather data*/
    index=0;
    while(phrase[index])
    {
        if(isalpha(phrase[index]))
            alpha++;
        if(isspace(phrase[index]))
            space++;
        if(ispunct(phrase[index]))
            punct++;
        index++;
    }

    /*print result*/
    printf("\"%s\"\n\n",phrase);
    puts("Statistics: ");
    printf("%d alphabetic characters\n", alpha);
    printf("%d spaces\n",space);
    printf("%d punctuation symbols\n",punct);

    return(0);
}

output:

 

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

Statistics:
330 alphabetic characters
70 spaces
6 punctuation symbols

Process returned 0 (0x0)   execution time : 0.070 s
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