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  1. //Sam Trivikraman                CS1A         	       	 Chapter 10, p. 589, #4
  2. //
  3. /*
  4.  ******************************************************************************
  5. Count The Number of Words In A String (#3 Modified)
  6. _______________________________________________________________________________
  7. This program counts and displays the number of words and average number
  8. of letters in a string.
  9. _______________________________________________________________________________
  10. INPUT
  11. the string of words			 : The sentences contained within a cstring. 
  12. number of words				 : The number of words in the string.
  13.  
  14. OUTPUT
  15. average letters				 : The average number of letters per word
  16. _______________________________________________________________________________
  17. *******************************************************************************
  18. */
  19.  
  20. #include <iostream>
  21. #include <cstring>
  22. #include <cctype>
  23. using namespace std;
  24.  
  25.  //Function that calculates the average number of letters per word
  26. int counter (char sentence[])
  27. {
  28. 	int numLetters;			//INPUT The number of letters in the string
  29. 	int numWords;			//INPUT The number of words in the string
  30. 	int avg;				//OUTPUT The average number of letters in the string
  31.  
  32. 	//Calculate the number of words and letters in the string
  33. 	for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  34. 	{
  35. 		if(isalpha(sentence[i]))
  36. 		{
  37. 			numLetters++;
  38. 		}
  39.  
  40. 		if(isspace(sentence[i]))
  41. 		{
  42. 			numWords++;
  43. 		}
  44. 	}
  45.  
  46. 	numWords++;
  47. 	//Calculate the average letters per word
  48. 	avg = numLetters / numWords;
  49. 	//return the average letters per word
  50. 	return avg;
  51. }
  52.  
  53. int main() {
  54.  
  55. 	char words[100];			//INPUT  The sentences contained within a cstring
  56.  
  57. 	 //Ask the user for a string of words
  58. 	cout << "Please enter a string: " << endl;
  59. 	cin >> words; 
  60. 	//Output the average letters per word
  61. 	cout << "The average number of letters per word is: " << counter(words) << endl;
  62. 	return 0;
  63. }
  64.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 5300KB
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stdin 
hello my name is
stdout 
Please enter a string: 
The average number of letters per word is: 0
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C++ (gcc 8.3)
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