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Find the longest word in the file
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#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
#define ARR_SZ 1024 | |
int main() | |
{ | |
FILE *f = fopen("ctext.txt", "r"); | |
if (f == NULL) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "error opening the file\n"); | |
return 1; | |
} | |
char longest_word[ARR_SZ]; // Assuming there is no word longer than 1024. | |
int longest_sz = 0; | |
char temp_word[ARR_SZ]; | |
int temp_i = 0; | |
int ch; | |
for (;;) { | |
ch = fgetc(f); | |
if (ch == EOF) { | |
break; | |
} | |
if (temp_i >= ARR_SZ - 1) { | |
fprintf( | |
stderr, | |
"oops, words are too long, make the arrays larger\n"); | |
return 1; | |
} | |
if (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\n') { | |
if (temp_i > longest_sz) { | |
longest_sz = temp_i; | |
temp_word[temp_i] = '\0'; | |
strcpy(longest_word, temp_word); | |
printf("found a new longest word: %s\n", temp_word); | |
} | |
temp_i = 0; | |
continue; | |
} | |
temp_word[temp_i++] = (char)ch; | |
} | |
printf("longest word: %s\n", longest_word); | |
printf("longest word size: %i\n", longest_sz); | |
return 0; | |
} |
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