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  1. #include <iostream>
  2. #include <cstring>
  3. #include <cctype>
  4. using namespace std;
  5.  
  6. int countWords(const char *str, double &avgLetters) {
  7.     int words = 0;
  8.     int letters = 0;
  9.     bool inWord = false;
  10.  
  11.     // Iterates through entire string till null terminator
  12.     for (int i = 0; str[i] != '\0'; i++) {
  13.         // Skips over white spaces
  14.         if (isspace(str[i])) {
  15.             inWord = false;
  16.             // counts the number of words
  17.             if (letters > 0) {
  18.                 words++;
  19.                 avgLetters += letters;
  20.                 letters = 0;
  21.             }
  22.         }
  23.         // checks for words
  24.         else if (!inWord) {
  25.             inWord = true;
  26.         }
  27.         // Counts letters
  28.         letters++;
  29.     }
  30.  
  31.  
  32.     if (letters > 0) {
  33.         words++;
  34.         avgLetters += letters;
  35.     }
  36.  
  37.     return words;
  38. }
  39.  
  40. int main() {
  41.     char str[250]; // Character length is 250
  42.  
  43.     cout << "Enter a string: ";
  44.     cin.getline(str, 250);
  45.  
  46.     double avgLetters = 0;
  47.     int wordCount = countWords(str, avgLetters);
  48.  
  49.     if (wordCount > 0) {
  50.         avgLetters /= wordCount;
  51.     }
  52.  
  53.     cout << "Number of words: " << wordCount << endl;
  54.     cout << "Average number of letters in each word: " << avgLetters << endl;
  55.  
  56.     return 0;
  57. }
  58.  
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Enter a string: Number of words: 8
Average number of letters in each word: 4
https://ideone.com/c0OYz0
10.4✅
language:
C++ (gcc 8.3)
created:
17 days ago
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