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C Program to Count number of words, digits, vowels using pointers

C Program to Count number of words, digits, vowels using pointers

Program finding number of words, blank spaces, special symbols, digits, vowels using pointers

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<ctype.h>
#include<conio.h>

/*low implies that position of pointer is within a word*/
#define low 1

/*high implies that position of pointer is out of word.*/
#define high 0

void main() {
   int nob, now, nod, nov, nos, pos = high;
   char *string;
   nob = now = nod = nov = nos = 0;
   clrscr();

   printf("Enter any string : ");
   gets(string);

   while (*string != '\0') {

      if (*string == ' ') {
         // counting number of blank spaces.
         pos = high;
         ++nob;
      } else if (pos == high) {
         // counting number of words.
         pos = low;
         ++now;
      }

      if (isdigit(*string)) /* counting number of digits. */
         ++nod;
      if (isalpha(*string)) /* counting number of vowels */
         switch (*string) {
            case 'a':
            case 'e':
            case 'i':
            case 'o':
            case 'u':
            case 'A':
            case 'E':
            case 'I':
            case 'O':
            case 'U':
               ++nov;
               break;
         }

      /* counting number of special characters */
      if (!isdigit(*string) && !isalpha(*string))
         ++nos;
      string++;
   }

   printf("\nNumber of words  %d", now);
   printf("\nNumber of spaces %d", nob);
   printf("\nNumber of vowels %d", nov);
   printf("\nNumber of digits %d", nod);
   printf("\nNumber of special characters %d", nos);

   getch();
}