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Line Counting

#include <stdio.h>

/* count lines in input */
main()
{
  int c, nl;

  nl = 0;
  while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
    if (c == '\n')
      ++nl;
  printf("%d\n", nl);
}
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Concepts: Equality operator; character constants


Massimo Ricotti 2009-01-26