Thread: Hw Help PLEASE

I am trying to count the number of words, lines, character, sentences. But I keep on messing up. I want to tell it to count the number of periods and make that a sentence, but I am having trouble.

Code:

[tag]#include <stdio.h>

int
main( void )
{
   unsigned long  nl = 0UL;   /* #lines */
   unsigned long  nw = 0UL;   /* #words */
   unsigned long  nc = 0UL;   /* #chars */
   unsigned long  ns=  0UL;   /* #sents*/
   int   c;
   int   inword = 0;         /* true only when inside a word */

   while ( (c = getchar()) != EOF ) 
   {
      ++nc;

      if ( c == '\n' )
      {
         ++nl;
      }

      if ( c == ' ' || c  == '\n' || c == '\t' 
           || c == '\r' || c == '\v' || c == '\f' )
      {
         /* if whitespace, we're not inside a word */
         inword = 0;
      }  
	if (c= ".")
	{	
	++ns;
	}
     
      else if ( !inword )
      {
         inword = 1;
         ++nw;
      }
   }

   printf( "%lu lines, %lu words, %lu chars %lu sents\n", nl, nw, nc, ns );

   return 0;
[/tag]

1. You appear to have missed out what language you are using.

2. Compare c == '\n' and c == ' ' etc with the line c= ".", which should be a compile error/warning anyway.

I know what i am doing. I just need some help! It in C language

1. You shouldn't take people's signatures as personal remarks (i.e., as remarks directed to you).

2. If it is in the C language, why did you post it in the forum for the C# language (which is really rather removed from C)?

3. Did you read any of the posts above where the help was given?

i get errors here

Code:

if (c= ".")
	{	
	++ns;
	}

You might find some answers here - read carefully, though. And start at post #2.

gee thanks

I'm not trying to be a smart *** - that should literally help you solve your problem.