Question

I need to let a user enter an input using getchar, and check for the number of spaces, newlines, and the other characters.

This is my code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{

    char word;
    int spaces, newLines, theRest;
    spaces = 0;
    newLines = 0;
    theRest = 0;
    printf("please type an input:\n");

    while ((word = getchar() != '#'))
    {
        if (word == ' ')
            spaces++;
        else if (word == '\n')
            newLines++;
        else
            theRest++;
    }
    printf("number of spaces: %d, number of new lines: %d, other characters: %d", spaces, newLines, theRest);

}

For any input i provide, im getting only theRest value, which includes all the characters.
Could you please tell me what am i doing wrong here?

Answer 1

while (word = getchar() != '#')

should be:

while ((word = getchar()) != '#')