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#include <fstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    fstream fs("file.txt");

    int columns1 = 0; // cols in matrix 1
    int rows1 = 0; // rows in matrix 1
    int columns2 = 0; // cols in matrix 2
    int rows2 = 0; // rows in matrix 2
    string s;

    getline(fs, s);
    columns1 = count(s.begin(), s.end(), ' ') + 1;

    do 
    {
        getline(fs, s);
        ++rows1;
    } while(s != "************");

    getline(fs, s);
    columns2 = count(s.begin(), s.end(), ' ') + 1;
    ++rows2;

    while(!fs.eof())
    {
        getline(fs, s);
        ++rows2;
    }
}