Thread: Count number of letters and numbers in a file

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    Count number of letters and numbers in a file

    Hello,

    I wanted to know if there is a better way to code this situation of counting the number of occurances of each letter(case insensitive) and each number in a file, disregarding other characters. So far I have it completed by turning each line of the file into a string, than using loops, if-else logic, and isalpha and isdigit to walk through each string char by char to do this, updating as i go along. My question is there a simpler code to do this? I am fairly new to C programming. Thanks for help.

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    Yes, don't bother breaking it up into lines for one.

    Without seeing how you're doing it, it's hard to say.

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    I'm thinking you might need an array and some char logic to use it as a map.
    Code:
    char counts[255] = {0};
    counts['a']++;
    counts['9']++;
    Etc.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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