#include /*Initial implementation of KNR C Exercise 1-14*/ int main(){ /*Reference array that stores literal characters to be searched later by a * for loop, obtaining their position in the array, and therefore knowing * what position to add them to in charCount without needing a special case * for every possible character. While it is possible to exploit the ascii * table to do this procedurally, this is faster by virtue of initializing * at compile time rather than run time*/ int refTable [27] = { ' ' , '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'}; /*Initialize an array of labels for the numerical table later. This looks * wierd since it's mostly refTable[] again, but again, we do this 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 [28] = { '#' , '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' , '!'}; /*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.*/ int charCount[28] = { 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.*/ } /*Begin refTable search loop; check if a = current pos in the refTable * array, increment that position in charCount[], otherwise, increment * i and check again. In any case, break on condition met or value i * out of expected range.*/ for(i = 1; i <= 27; ++i){ if(a == refTable[i]){ ++charCount[i]; break; } else if(i == 27){ ++charCount[27]; /*Increments charCount[27] on unspecified char thus preventing hangs on unspecified input*/ break; } } } /*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 <= 27; ++i){ printf ("%1c ", printTable[i]); for (; b > 0; --b){ printf("|"); } printf("\n"); b = charCount[(i + 1)]; } return 0; }