#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
std::size_t countSpaces(const std::string& s)
{
    std::size_t spaces = 0;
 
    for (auto letter : s)
        if (letter == ' ')
            ++spaces;
 
    return spaces;
}
 
std::string withoutSpaces(const std::string& s)
{
    std::string result;
 
    for (auto letter : s)
        if (letter != ' ')
            result += letter;
 
    return result;
}
 
int main()
{
    std::string line;
 
    // get the string!
    std::cout << "Enter a string\n";
    std::getline(std::cin, line);
 
    std::cout << '"' << line << "\" contains " << countSpaces(line) << " spaces.\n";
    std::cout << "Without spaces: \"" << withoutSpaces(line) << "\"\n";
}

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