OldSchoolCode

A friend called me the other day and wanted a quick program that could count the number of specific words in a file. This program will enumerate through any .txt file and count the specific words that you would like to keep track of. In this case the files he wanted to enumerate through were phone records to see how many calls were work, home or cell related from a report that was generated daily. There isn't anything new here except a new function you can research.

strtok( );

You can drag and drop the file onto the .exe or use the command prompt :)

wordsearch.exe filename

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#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE   
 
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <shlobj.h>

//pointer to our string
char *currentword;

int main(int argc,char *pArgv[])
{
  char sourceName[260];
  char readfile[256];

  int result1;
  int result2;
  int result3;

  //set counts to zero
  int count1 = 0;
  int count2 = 0;
  int count3 = 0;

  if (argc==2)
  {
    //This takes the filename of the file that
    //you drag onto the exe and copies the name
    //to sourceName
    strcpy( sourceName, pArgv[1] );

    FILE *pFile = fopen( sourceName, "r" );

    if( pFile == 0 )
    {
      printf( "\n\nFile does not exist in this directory." );
    }

    else
    {
      while ( fgets( readfile, 256, pFile ) )
      {
	  currentword = strtok( readfile, " ,\t\n" );

	  //while there are still words to look through
	  while( currentword != NULL )
	  {
	    //compare the word "Work" with the current word to 
	    //see if they are the same
	    result1 = strcmpi( currentword,"Work" );
	    //compare the word "Cell" with the current word to 
	    //see if they are the same
	    result2 = strcmpi( currentword,"Cell" );
	    //compare the word "Home" with the current word to 
	    //see if they are the same
	    result3 = strcmpi( currentword,"Home" );

	    //if a "Work" match increment by one
	    if( result1 == 0 )
	    {
	      count1++;
	    }
	    //if a "Cell" match increment by one
	    else if( result2 == 0 )
	    {
	      count2++;
	    }
	    //if a "Home" match increment by one
	    else if( result3 == 0 )
	    {
	      count3++;
	    }
		
	    //go to the next word to continue search 
	    currentword = strtok( NULL, " ,\t\n" ); 
	  }
      }

	//close our file
	fclose( pFile );

	//print out the summary for the three searches
	printf( "\n %d Work references\n\n",count1 );
	printf( " %d Cell references\n\n",count2 );
	printf( " %d Home references\n\n",count3 );
   
	_getch();
    }
  } 

  else
  {
     //if you double click the exe it will print this
     printf("\n\n Please drag and drop your file on the exe.\n\n ");
     printf("Press enter to exit this screen. ");

     _getch();
  }

return 0;
}