Thread: counting the number of words

hi everyone,

for some reason im getting a segfault when i run this code to count how many words there are in the file...also if theres a better way to do it ..please let me know thanks...

thanks for any help

Code:

int fileLength(FILE *file) {

	int file_len=0;	
    char line[LINESIZE];
	char *linePtr = line;

        while (fgets(line, LINESIZE, file) != NULL) {

			while(*linePtr != "\0") {
				
				/* move through non words */
				while((isspace(*linePtr)) || (ispunct(*linePtr)))
					linePtr++;
				
				/* reached a word */
				file_len++;
				linePtr++;
				
				/* move off the word */
				while(isalpha(*linePtr))
					linePtr++;

			}
		}

		return file_len;
}

You need
lineptr = line
each time you start the loop