Programming

// chcount.cpp
// counts characters and words typed in
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <conio.h>             //for getche()
int main()
   {
   int chcount=0;              //counts non-space characters
   int wdcount=1;              //counts spaces between words
   char ch = ‘a';              //ensure it isn't ‘\r'
   cout << “Enter a phrase: “;
   while( ch != ‘\r' )         //loop until Enter typed
      {
      ch = getche();          //read one character
      if( ch==' ‘ )           //if it's a space
      wdcount++;              //count a word
      else                    //otherwise,
      chcount++;              //count a character
      }                       //display results
   cout << “\nWords=” << wdcount << endl
        << “Letters=” << (chcount-1) << endl;
   return 0;
   }