Program : Not getting the desired output
 

Hi

For the following code i am getting double the actual result. For example if i enter 2 characters i get 4 as the output.

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
double nc = 0; /* count of entered characters */

while (getchar()!=EOF)
{
nc++;
}
printf ("The number of entered characters = %.0f",nc);
return 0;
}

Note: This is how i enter the input

when i execute the output file, because of getchar() it waits for input. I enter some character and press enter. Continues this until i press Ctrl-D (EOF in Unix).

thanks,
thelink

Just out of curiousity, what happens, exactly, when you enter 3 characters?

i thinsk this would work

printf("The number of entered characters = %lf",nc);

as datatype of nc is double
it should not be called with float syntax(%f)
instead use %lf

I think you are typing incorrectly, perhaps hitting return or some such. Running your program typing ab followed by enough ctrl-d to get eof to work gives me 2 as the output.

Its Working
 

It is working now...The problem was with the incorrect input entry.
Thanks estabroo