/*programme counts number of words in a sentence*/
main()
{
char a[80];
int i,y,count;
clrscr();
printf ("\n enter sentence\n");
gets(a);
y=strlen(a);
if((a[0]!=' ') &&  (a[0]!='.'))
count=1;
else
count=0;
for( i=0;i<y;i++)
{
if (a[i]==' ')
{
while( a[i]==' ')
{
i++;
}

if (a[i]=='.')
{
printf ("number of words =%d",count);
   break;
}
count=count+1;
}
}
printf("\n no of words =%d",count);
getche();
}