count.c

/*   File:     count.c

     By:       Tep Dobry

     Date:

*/

/*  This is a short program to count the number of characters in a file  */

#include <stdio.h>

main()

{  char ch;

   int count = 0;

  /*  while there are more characters  */

  while(scanf("%c", &ch) != EOF)

    /*  count the character  */

    count = count + 1;

  /*  print the result  */

  printf("There were %d characters in the file\n",count);

}