Finding number of characters,words and lines in a text file - c

Question

Here is the .c file followed by the functions in my .h file
#include <stdio.h>
#include "functions.h"
#define INPUT_FILE "C:/Users/user/Desktop/test.txt"
int main(){
FILE *text_file;
int num_characters, num_words, num_lines;
text_file = fopen(INPUT_FILE,"r");
if(text_file == NULL){
printf("!!-------ERROR OPENING FILE------!!\nclosing program....");
return 0;
}
num_characters = read_characters(text_file);
num_words = read_words(text_file);
num_lines = read_lines(text_file);
printf("Number of Characters: %d\nNumber of Words: %d\nNumber of Lines: %d\n",num_characters,num_words,num_lines);
return 0;
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include "functions.h"
#define INPUT_FILE "C:/Users/Lott-kerby/Desktop/test.txt"
#ifndef FUNCTIONS_H_
#define FUNCTIONS_H_
#include <stdio.h>
int read_characters(FILE *text_file){
int i;
int char_count = 0;
while((i = fgetc(text_file)) !=EOF)
char_count++;
return char_count;
}
int read_words(FILE *text_file){
char j;
int word_count = 0;
while((j = fgetc(text_file)) != EOF){
if(j == ' ')
word_count++;
}
return word_count;
}
int read_lines(FILE *text_file){
char k;
int line_count = 0;
while((k = fgetc(text_file)) != EOF){
if(k == '\n')
line_count++;
}
return line_count;
}
The goal is to find the number of characters words and lines in the text file. I get the correct number of characters when i run but I get the incorrect number of words and lines. The text file I am using is as follows:
word
word
word
with this .txt my program out put is:
Number of characers:14
NUmber of words: 0
Number of Lines: 0
any help would be greatly appreciated. The "words" are on their own line each in my text file.

Answer 1

Well you count the nunmber of words by counting the number of spaces because you assume there is a space between every word. but in your example input file there are no spaces.
So you may want to add a check for space OR new line.
Also you may want to return word_count+1 and line_count+1 because a single line without a newline should return 1. And the same is true for a single word with no space
EDIT: oouuhh and now I see that you read the file multiple times without resetting the file pointer so fgetc will always instantly return EOF in read_words() and read_lines() ... reset it using
rewind ( text_file );