Another word count problem

[davef]

I have to write a program that counts the words in a *.txt file. So far I've been able to figure out how to get a character count. I would like to be able to do a character, letter (ie: not count spaces or punctuation) and word count.

Here's what I have so far (it compiles and runs fine):

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>

int main()
{
	using namespace std;
	ifstream in_stream;
	ofstream out_stream;

	char inputFile[256];

	cout << "Enter a file name: \n";
	cin >> inputFile;
	cout << "The file name entered is: " << inputFile << endl;

	in_stream.open(inputFile);
	if (in_stream.fail())
	{
		cout << "Input file failed to open\n";
		system("pause");
		exit(1);
	}

	int count(0), words(0);
	char letter, current;

	while (!in_stream.eof())
	{
		in_stream.get(letter);
		count++;

	}
	cout << "There are " << count << " characters in the file " << inputFile << "." << endl;

	in_stream.close();
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

[davef]

Got it working.

I used the isspace() function to count the spaces and then add one:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>

int main()
{
	using namespace std;
	ifstream in_stream;
	ofstream out_stream;

	char inputFile[256];

	cout << "Enter a file name: \n";
	cin >> inputFile;
	cout << "The file name entered is: " << inputFile << endl;

	in_stream.open(inputFile);
	if (in_stream.fail())
	{
		cout << "Input file failed to open\n";
		system("pause");
		exit(1);
	}

	int count(0), words(0);
	char space = ' ';
	char letter;

	while (!in_stream.eof())
	{
		in_stream.get(letter);
		if (isspace(letter))
		{
			count++;
		}
	}
	cout << "There are " << count + 1 << " words in the file " << inputFile << "." << endl;

	in_stream.close();
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}