Read In Whitespace from a file.

[lew13]

Hey guys, I have been searching the forums to no avail. I'm pretty sure that I am close to having it I just for some reason cannot find what's wrong and why this program won't print anything. I think it has something to do with inputCharacter, but if it is I am not entirely sure as to why. Any input would be appreciated!

/* Program: Read in a file and count the number of whitespaces in the file and print them on screen.*/

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctype.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	char inputCharacter; 
	int count = 0, space = 0, htabs = 0, nlines = 0, vtabs = 0, ffeeds = 0, creturn = 0; 

	ifstream myInputStream;
	myInputStream.open("Alice.txt");//input file stream

	while (!myInputStream.eof())//checks for end of file
	{
		myInputStream.get(inputCharacter);
		if (inputCharacter == ' ')
			count++;
			space++;
		if (inputCharacter == '\t')
			count++;
			htabs++;
		if (inputCharacter == '\n')
			count++;
			nlines++;
		if (inputCharacter == '\v')
			count++;
			vtabs++;
		if (inputCharacter == '\f')
			count++;
			ffeeds++;
		if (inputCharacter == '\r')
			count++;
			creturn++;	
	}

	myInputStream.close();

	cout << "Spaces" << space << endl;
	cout << "Horizontal Tabs" << htabs << endl;
	cout << "Newlines" << nlines << endl;
	cout << "Vertical Tabs" << vtabs << endl;
	cout << "Form Feeds" << ffeeds << endl;
	cout << "Carriage Returns" << creturn << endl <<"--------------------"<< endl;
	cout << "Total Whitespace" << count << endl;

        return 0;
} // end main function

[mobotus]

	while (myInputStream.get(inputCharacter))
	{
		if (inputCharacter == ' '){
			space++;
			count++;
		}
		if (inputCharacter == '\t'){
			htabs++;
			count++;
		}
		if (inputCharacter == '\n'){
			nlines++;
			count++;
		}
		if (inputCharacter == '\v'){
			vtabs++;
			count++;
		}
		if (inputCharacter == '\f'){
			ffeeds++;
			count++;
		}
		if (inputCharacter == '\r'){
			creturn++;
			count++;
		}
	}

[lew13]

Making that into a while loop still doesn't print anything on my screen. When the program is run all I get is a blank exe screen.

[lew13]

If I take out this while loop:

while (!myInputStream.eof())

It will print, however, it does not count any whitespaces and just prints zeroes.

[bowgeez]

Based on the filename I'm probably in the same class. My code is counting fine.

I believe you need braces anytime there is more than one operation being completed, either way it is good habit to use them.

Try this

myInputStream.get(inputCharacter);
		if (inputCharacter == ' ')
                        {
			count++;
			space++;
                        }
		else if (inputCharacter == '\t')
			{
                        count++;
			htabs++;
                        }
                else if (........................)

and so on.

[lew13]

I figured it out, I had a null statement in my function declaration. Thanks though. Ah really what class?