No return on char counting program

When I execute the following piece of code I'm prompted to typed in some characters, however nothing happens when I press return. Surely a value should be returned indicating how many characters are contained in the input?

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
long nc;
nc = 0;
while(getchar() != EOF)
++nc;
printf("%ld\n", nc);
}

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Ugh, formatting...

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
  long nc;
  nc = 0;
  while(getchar() != EOF)
      ++nc;
  printf("%ld\n", nc);
}

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Thats a little better and isn't the code clearer now too?
As for your question here is a hint: EOF != '\n' (or maybe '\r' depending on platform)

Because pressing return does not indicate EOF.

Try using:

Code:

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while(getchar() != '\n')

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instead.

Thanks all. One more thing..... when the program is running, how do I escape back to normal terminal node?

Well, once you escape your while() loop with either CTRL-D (EOF) or ENTER ('\n') it should print the number of characters and exit for you...