Write a ‘C’ Program to count the number of characters, number of words and number of lines from a text file and display the result

By May 22, 2014

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
 {
 FILE *fp;
 char ch;
 int noc=0,now=0,nol=0,not=0;
 clrscr();
 fp=fopen("a.txt","r");
 if(fp==NULL)
  {
  printf("\n unable to open file");
  }
  while((ch=fgetc(fp))!=EOF)
   {
   if(ch==EOF)
   {
            break;
            }
            noc++;
            if(ch==' ')
            {
            now++;
            }
            if(ch=='\n')
            {
            nol++;
            }
            if(ch=='\t')
            {
            not++;
  }
  }
  fclose(fp);
  printf("\n the no of characters are %d",noc);
  printf("\n the no of words are %d",now+nol);
  printf("\n the no of lines are %d",nol);
  printf("\n the no of tabs are %d",not);
  getch();
 }

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