Thread: how to count the number of sentences.

hi there

i would really appreciate some help here. i am trying to count the number of sentences in a paragraph.By doing this i count the number of fullstops and then that is equavilent to the number of sentences. I think i got the idea but i can't get the program to work ....please help
this is what i got:

#include <stdio.h>
#define max_char 100

main(){
char para[max_char];
int len_sent,i,;

printf("Please enter a paragraph\n");
fflush(stdin);
gets(para);

len_sent = strlen(para);
for(i=0;i<len_sen;i++){
if(para[i]=='.'){
printf("the number of sentences are: %d)<--I NEED HELP HERE TO COUNT THE NUMBER of FULLSTOPS(.)
}


}

hi thanks 4 th efast reply.
i really appreciate it
but i'm still not getting what i want
please see what is wrong in this

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#define max_char 100

main(){
 char para[max_char];
 int len_sent,i,count;

printf("Please enter a paragraph\n");
fflush(stdin);
gets(para);

len_sent = strlen(para);
  for(i=0;i<len_sent;i++){
    if(para[i]=='.'){
        count++;
    }
}
printf("the number of sentences are: %d\n", count );


}

and is fgets better to use than gets?


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THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!...it finally worked...enjoy the rest of ur day and take cae
THANKS AGAIn
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