.Open CSCI202 Lab06 -- Stream
. Goal learn to read input, count things, and produce formatted output
. Deliverable -- Programs to count characters, words, and lines
. Resource -- the book and the web
. Note -- End of file
You signal the end of the input (cin) by ending the line
and holding down the <Ctrl> key and taping the letter D.

.Open Process
. Write a program to count the characters in a file
In this program every character counts as one -- even spaces, tabs, and end-of-line.  You need to
find the correct way to get one char from an fstream to make the algorithm work.

Algorithm to count characters input
.(
	declare and set a counter to zero.
	declare a variable to hold a char
	WHILE the program can get a char from the input stream DO
.(
		add 1 to the counter
.)
	END WHILE
	Output a report to the user with the value of the counter
.)
. Develop a program to count words in a file
As far as this program is concerned, a word is a string with no spaces, tabs, or end of line characters.
So "1+2" and "mouchoir" are both words.

Copy the character counter program into a new file and modify it to read and count
C++ strings rather than chars.  String input reads one "word" at a time.

Strong hint: do NOT use the old C char*/cstring library.


. Develop a program to count lines in a file
Each line -- even a blank line, counts as a line.  Again by selecting the right operator
you can make this program by copying the previous one and making some small changes.

.Close
. Grading -- How much did you get done in 2 hours
Done means: it (1) works and (2) is clean code.
.Close