CS256 - Principles of Structured Design Fall 2021

Displaying ./code/cs256su21code/jul01/readChar.c

/*

using getchar to count the number of characters entered through
stdin, use CTRL+D to send the end of file signal to the computer.

(note: you may need to press CTRL+D twice, depending on the system)

*/

#include <stdio.h>

int main(){

	char ch;
	int count = 0;

	while((ch = getchar()) != EOF){
		count++;
	}

	printf("\nNumber of characters entered: %d\n", count);

	return 0;

}