Project-Scylla/KNR C/ex1_14_improved.c

#include <stdio.h>
/*Initial implementation of KNR C Exercise 1-14*/

int main(){

	/*Initialize an array of labels for the numerical table later. Done at
	 * copile rather than procedurally in order to avoid adding an extra if
	 * statement on the print loop to look for the specific case where i is 
	 * 0 or 27 and print a different character that isn't in refTable*/
	/*TODO find a way to do this so that # and ! are replaced by WSPC and PCTN
	 * respectively*/
	int printTable [39] = { '#' , 'a' , 'b' , 'c' , 'd' , 'e' , 'f', 'g' , 'h' ,
	'i' , 'j' , 'k' , 'l' , 'm' , 'n', 'o' , 'p' , 'q' , 'r' , 's' , 't' , 'u' ,
	'v' , 'w' , 'x' , 'y' , 'z' , '!', '0' , '1'
	, '2' , '3' , '4' , '5' , '6' , '7' , '8' , '9' , '?'};

	/*Initialize character count storage array. Whitespaces are stored at pos 0
	 * while letters are stored at their numeric positions in the alphabet, and
	 * punchtuation is stored at position 27.Numbers are stored at positions
	 * 28 through 38*/
	int charCount[39] = { 0 };
	int i = 0;


	/*Begin input text enumeration loop...*/
	for(int a = getchar(); a != EOF; a = getchar()){
		/*Begin whitespace filter check*/
		if(a == '\n' || a == ' ' || a == '\t'){
			++ charCount[0];
			continue; /*Escape and restart loop to avoid running redundant
						tests.*/
		} else if(a >= 97 && a <= 122) { /*Check for lowercase letters*/
			++charCount[a - 96];
		} else if(a >= 65 && a <= 90) { /*Check for uppercase letters*/
			++charCount[a - 64];
		} else if(a >= 48 && a <= 57) { /*Check for numbers*/
			++charCount[a - 20];
		} else {
			++charCount[38]; /*Catch-all for unrecognized/untracked input*/
		}
	}
	/*Input text enumeration complete; set values in refTable for printing...*/


	/*Begin output generation...*/
	/*Vertical table of numerical values:*/
	for(int i=0; i <= 27; ++i)
		printf("%4c %4d\n", printTable[i], charCount[i]);
	
	/*Print a histogram of gathered data (recycled from ex1_13_improved.c.*/
	i = 0;
	printf("\nHistogram of letters encountered.\n");
	for (int b = charCount[i]; i <= 38; ++i){
		printf ("%1c ", printTable[i]);
		for (; b > 0; --b){
			printf("|");
		}
		printf("\n");
		b = charCount[(i + 1)];
	}
	
	return 0;
}