#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
char sentence[1000];
int i;
int j;
int total;
int wordlength(char sentence[], int i){
while ((sentence[i] != ' ') && (sentence[i] != '/n')){ //start counting from the index
++i; //move index up a space till we hit a ' '
++j;
printf("%c is the character\n",sentence[i]); //increment secondary letter counter
}
return(j); //the size of the word we just counted is passed
}
void printwords(char sentence[]){
total = 0; //so far no words
j = 1; //skip foreward at least one character
for (i = 0; i < strlen(sentence); (i = i + j)) {
if (wordlength(sentence, i) > 3) //pass current string and pointer to wordcount function
++total;
j = 1; //reset j before proceeding
}
printf("There are %d words in that sentence.\n",total);
return;
}
int main(){
printf("Input a sentence and I'll count the words.\n");
printf("A word is at least 4 characters long.\n");
fgets(sentence,sizeof(sentence),stdin);
printwords(sentence); //assignment says i gotta use a procedure so don't return a value
return (0);
}