Thread: HELP in STRING. counting words

help..my c program is counting "SPACE" i dont want to count it as "Word" can anybody help??

here's my code:

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<ctype.h>
#include<string.h>

int main(){
    
char str[1000], p;
int i, count=1;

printf("Enter a string: ");
gets(str);

    for (i=0; str[i]!='\0'; i++){
        if(str[i]==' '){
            count++;
        }
    }


printf("There are %d words\n\n",count);

    for (i=0; str[i]!='\0'; i++){
        if(str[i]==' '){
            printf("\n");
        } 
        else{
            printf("%c", str[i]);
        }
    }
    
printf("\n");

return 0;


}

What is the problem?

Originally Posted by camel-man

What is the problem?

problem is, when i type a word/ sentence with more space inside, it count the space as word.

example:

red(space)(space)is(space)color.

there are 4 words:
red

is
color


but it is only 3 words...help pls...

if next character is not space

ex.

Code:

    for (i=0; str[i]!='\0'; i++){
                if(str[i]==' '&& str[i+1]!=' '){
                   count++;
                    }
                 }