#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
	FILE *body;
	char content[25000];
	long c = 0;
	long int s;

	/* First, I get the textbody into a flow named 'body'. */
	/* Then I get the contents into an array named 'content'. */

	body = fopen("C:\\Documents and Settings\\USER\\Desktop\\char_counter\\body.txt", "r");
	fgets(content, 25000, body);
	
	while (content[c] != EOF) /* Then I increase c every time at 1 before the EndOfFile to get the number of the characters. */
	{
	c = c + 1;
	} 
	printf("number of all characters = %ld\n\n", c);
	
 	scanf("%lf", &s);  /* I put this here because somehow console closes itself and I can't read anything.*/
	return 0;
}

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
	FILE *body;
	char content[44742]; /* 25k + stupid */
	long stupid = 19742; /* stupid number added by windows (I think) */
	long c = 0;
	long b = 0;
	long int s;
	/* First, I get the textbody into a flow named 'body'. */
	/* Then I get the contents into an array named 'content'. */
	body = fopen("C:\\Documents and Settings\\USER\\Desktop\\char_counter\\body.txt", "r");
	fgets(content, 44742, body);
	
	while (content[c] != EOF) /* Then I increase c every time at 1 before the EndOfFile. */
	{
	c = c + 1;
	} 
	c = c - stupid; /* When there are 19742 characters more than the expected value then I just decrease them to reach the expected value.. */
	printf("number of all characters = %ld\n\n", c);
	
	while (b < c) /* I am trying to see which characters are these '19742' characters.. :S */
	{
	printf("%c", content[b]);
	b = b + 1;
	}
	
 	scanf("%lf", &s); /* I put this here because somehow console closes itself and I can't read anything.*/
	return 0;
}

FILE *fp = /* ... */;
char buffer[SIZE];
while(fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
    /* do something with buffer */
}

int x = 0;
while(buffer[x] != 0) {
    characters ++;
    x ++;
}

FILE *fp = /* ... */;
int count = 0;

int c = getc(fp);
while(c != EOF) {
    count ++;
    c = getc(fp);
}

printf("There are %d characters in the file.\n", count);