what would I use to count number of words

<< split from long dead thread what would I use to count number of words >>

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
main()
{
clrscr();
char *str,a[]=".!?";
int index,cnt,sntcnt=0,slen=0;
printf("Enter string: ");
gets(str);
slen=strlen(str);
for (index=0;index<slen;index++)
    {
    for (cnt=0;cnt<4;cnt++)
        {
        if (str[index]==a[cnt]||str[index]=='\0')
            {
            sntcnt;
            }
        }
    }
printf("Number of sentence in the string: %d",sntcnt);
getch();
return 0;
}

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
main()
{
clrscr();
char *str;
int index,slen=0,wrdcnt=0;
printf("Enter string: ");
gets(str);
slen=strlen(str);
for (index=0;index<=slen;index++)
    {
    if (str[index]==' '||str[index]==','||str[index]=='.'||str[index]=='!'||str[index]=='?'||str[index]=='\0')
        {
        wrdcnt++;
        if (str[index]==' ')
            {
            wrdcnt--;
            }
        else
            {
            wrdcnt++;
            }
        }
    }
printf("The number of words in the string is: %d",wrdcnt);
getch();
return 0;
}

help with my codes guys..im really new >.<

if i input more than 2 spaces between the words the program also counts em >.<

same with the sentence count program

Since you seem to be suffering from a lot more than lack of C knowledge...

Read your replies here, rather than bumping the same dead thread with the same code.
Word counting