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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/*Rewriting the wc program from pge 21/22 of KNR C, because the book does it in a way that I think is silly, and because I can.*/
+
+int nl, nw, nc, state = 0;
+
+#define IN 1 /*State when selected character is in a word*/
+#define OUT 0 /*State when selected character is a newline, space, or tab (outside a word)*/
+
+int main(){
+
+
+	for(int a = getchar(); a != EOF; a = getchar()){
+		++nc;
+		if(a == '\t' || a == ' ' || a == '\n'){
+			state = OUT;
+			putchar('\n');
+		} else {
+			state = IN;
+			putchar (a);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}