Question

Sorry for asking such a simple question, I’m still learning C and going through the basics first.

I’m creating a character counting program and yet when I execute the program and try to input “h” for example and then press enter a new line appears and nothing is outputted onto that line?

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

/* Copy input and count characters 2nd version */

main() {
    double cc;
    for(cc = 0; getchar() != EOF; ++cc);
    printf("%.0f\n", cc);
}

Answer 1

Once you have finished entering characters, you have to signal the end of input stream by pressing Ctrl-D. Otherwise your program will continue waiting for more input.

P.S. Why are you using a double variable for the counter? An integer type would be more appropriate.