Looping Problem

[ccmac]

Can anyone help me with this looping program. I need to develop a program that prints out the approximate number of words in a file of text. I want to include the gaps between the words also. I am going to echo print the the data to the user. I know a loop is going to be used to make the program easier to develop. If anyone has something that can be of some use to me I will be checking the thread throughout the day. Also if you have any questions I will get back to them ASAP.

Thanks

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hope this helps a little:

#include<fstream.h>
#define WHT_SPC (cur==' '||cur=='\n'||cur=='\t')

int main (void)
{
char cur;
char word='O'; //O out of a word: I in a word
int countWd=0;
ifstream fsInFile;

fsInFile.open ("file.dat") //whatever the file is
if (!fsInFile)
{
cerr<<"error opening file.";
exit(100);
}
while (fsInFile.get (cur))
{
if(WHT_SPC)
word='O';
else
if(word=='O')
{
countWd++;
word='I';
}
}

cout<<"Number of words: "<<countWd;
fsInFile.close();

return0;
}