Question

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  int countch=0;
  int countwd=1;

  printf("Enter your sentence in lowercase: ");
  char ch='a';
  while(ch!='\r')
  {
    ch=getche();
    if(ch==' ')
      countwd++;
    else
      countch++;
  }

  printf("\n Words =%d ",countwd);

  printf("Characters = %d",countch-1);

  getch();
}

This is the program where I came across \r. What exactly is its role here? I am beginner in C and I appreciate a clear explanation on this.

Answer 1

It’s Carriage Return. Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6aw8xdf2(v=vs.80).aspx

The following repeats the loop until the user has pressed the Return key.

while(ch!='\r')
{
  ch=getche();
}