Question

Why doesn’t this code do anything when i execute it? It’s supposed to count characters
i even pressed ctrl+z which someone suggested and it still wont print how many characters after i entered random things. I’m using windows btw

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  long nc;
  nc = 0;

  while (getchar() != EOF)
    ++nc;

  printf("%ld\n", nc);

  return 0;
}

Answer 1

It works if you press CTRL+Z and then enter. This triggers EOF.

If you want it to end when you press enter, use

while( getchar() != '\n' )