I need to make a program that prompts the user for the name of two text files which will be read in and displayed on screen followed by their statistics, such as number of characters, words and lines. I've managed to get it all working apart from the statistics part. They don't seem to be counting up and I think it's something to do with the while statements that I've used. Any help would be great :)
code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>
int main() {
// declaring variables
FILE *fp;
int charcount = 0, wordcount = 0, linecount = 0;
int character;
char first[50];
char second[50];
char ch[200];
// asking the user for the file names and scanning the names they enter as txt files
printf(" Enter the first file name: ");
scanf("%s", first);
strcat(first, ".txt");
printf(" Enter the second file name: ");
scanf("%s", second);
strcat(second, ".txt");
// opening the file stream
fp = fopen(first, "r");
// if the file cannot be reached, display error
if (fp == NULL) {
printf("File cannot be opened: %s\n", first);
return 0;
}
// reading and printing the file into the program
printf("\n---FIRST FILE---\n");
while (!feof(fp)) {
fgets(ch, 200, fp);
puts(ch);
}
// counting the characters, words and lines until the program is finished
while ((character = getc(fp)) != EOF) {
if (character == '-')
{
charcount++;
}
if (character == ' ')
{
wordcount++;
}
if (character == '\n')
{
linecount++;
}
}
// closing the stream
fclose(fp);
// printing the number of characters, words and lines
printf("\n Characters: %d \n Words: %d\n Lines: %d\n\n\n", charcount, wordcount, linecount);
//---------SECOND FILE----------//
// opening the stream
fp = fopen(second, "r");
// reading and printing the file into the program
printf("\n---SECOND FILE---\n");
while (!feof(fp)) {
fgets(ch, 200, fp);
puts(ch);
}
// counting the characters, words and lines until the program is finished
while ((character = getc(fp)) != EOF) {
if (character == '-')
{
charcount++;
}
if (character == ' ')
{
wordcount++;
}
if (character == '\n')
{
linecount++;
}
}
// closing the stream
fclose(fp);
// printing the number of characters, words and lines
printf("\n Characters: %d \n Words: %d\n Lines: %d\n\n", charcount, wordcount, linecount);
}