Counting words in a string?

Question

Hello for this program I am supposed to count the number of words in a string. So far, I have found out how to find the number of characters in a string but am unable to figure

Answer 1

There is a linux util 'wc' that can count words.

have a look (it includes some explanation and a sample):

http://en.literateprograms.org/Word_count_(C)

and a link to the source

http://en.literateprograms.org/index.php?title=Special:DownloadCode/Word_count_(C)&oldid=15634