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  1. //Natalie Zarate                  CSC 5                   Chapter 10, P. 589, #4
  2. /*******************************************************************************
  3.  * EVALUATE PHRASE
  4.  * 
  5.  * This program will prompt the user for a phrase within 40 characters. With 
  6.  * this phrase, the program will find and display the word count and average 
  7.  * word length of the phrase.
  8.  * 
  9.  * INPUT
  10.  *   phrase - user inputted phrase
  11.  * 
  12.  * OUPUT
  13.  *   wordCount - given phrase's word count
  14.  *   wordLengthAVg - given phrase's average word length
  15.  * ****************************************************************************/
  16. #include <string> 
  17. #include <iostream> 
  18. #include <cctype> 
  19. using namespace std; 
  20.  
  21. /*******************************************************************************
  22.  * countWords
  23.  *   Counts the number of words in a given phrase
  24.  * _____________________________________________________________________________
  25.  * INPUT
  26.  *   string -  Pointer to the phrase 
  27.  *   letter - flag; indicates whether character is a letter or space
  28.  * 
  29.  * OUTPUT
  30.  *   words -  Number of words in the given phrase. 
  31.  * ****************************************************************************/
  32. // Prototype for countWords
  33. int countWords(const char *string); 
  34.  
  35. /*******************************************************************************
  36.  * avgWordL
  37.  *   This funtion calculates the average word length of the given phrase
  38.  * _____________________________________________________________________________
  39.  * INPUT
  40.  *   string - pointer to given phrase
  41.  *   words  - phrase word count
  42.  * OUTPUT
  43.  *   average - average word length
  44.  * ****************************************************************************/
  45. // Prototype fot avgWordL
  46. float avgWordL(const char *string, int words); 
  47.  
  48. int main()
  49. {
  50. 	char phrase[41];    // INPUT - stores given phrase
  51. 	int wordCount;      // OUTPUT - word count of phrase
  52. 	float wordLengthAvg; // OUTPUT - average word length
  53.  
  54. 	// Prompt user for phrase
  55. 	cout << "Enter Phrase (40 Character Limit):" << endl;
  56.  
  57. 	// Get length of phrase
  58. 	cin.getline(phrase,sizeof(phrase));
  59.  
  60. 	// Call countWords
  61. 	wordCount = countWords(phrase);
  62.  
  63. 	// Display wordCount
  64. 	cout << "WORD COUNT: " << wordCount << endl;
  65.  
  66. 	// Call avgWordL 
  67. 	wordLengthAvg = avgWordL(phrase, wordCount);
  68.  
  69. 	// Display average owrd length
  70. 	cout << "AVERAGE WORD LENGTH: " << wordLengthAvg << endl;
  71.  
  72. 	return 0;
  73. }
  74.  
  75. int countWords(const char *string) 
  76. { 
  77. 	int words = 0; 
  78. 	bool letter = false; // INPUT - flag; dictates whether current character is a 
  79. 	                    //         letter or space
  80.  
  81. 	//Step through array
  82. 	while (*string)
  83. 	{
  84. 		// Check if character is a string
  85. 		if (isspace(*string))
  86. 		{
  87. 			//Character is a space/ not a letter
  88. 			letter = false;
  89. 		}
  90. 		else if (!letter)
  91. 		{
  92. 			//Character is a letter
  93. 			letter = true;
  94.  
  95. 			// Increment number of words
  96. 			words++;
  97. 		}
  98.  
  99. 		// Move to next element
  100. 		string++;
  101. 	}
  102.  
  103. return words;
  104. }
  105.  
  106. float avgWordL(const char *string, int words)
  107. {
  108. 	int wordLength; // INPUT - length of word in given phrase
  109.     bool letter;    // Flag; indicates whether a character is a letter or space
  110.     float average;  // OUPUT - average word length in phrase
  111.  
  112.     //Step through array
  113.     while(*string)
  114.     {
  115.     	// Check if character is a space
  116.     	if(isspace(*string))
  117.     	{
  118.     		// Character is a space
  119.     		letter = false;
  120.     	}
  121.     	else
  122.     	{
  123.     		letter = true;
  124.  
  125.     		// Increment word length
  126.     		wordLength++;
  127.     	}
  128.  
  129.     	string++;
  130.     }
  131.  
  132.     // Coumpute average word length
  133.     average = wordLength / words;
  134.  
  135. return average;
  136.  
  137.  
  138. }
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Enter Phrase (40 Character Limit):
WORD COUNT: 5
AVERAGE WORD LENGTH: 5
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