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* Corrected behavior in solutions for 1-9 and 1-23
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#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* The C Programming Language: 2nd Edition
+ *
+ * Exercise 1-14: Write a program to print a histogram of the frequencies of
+ * different characters in its input.
+ *
+ * Answer: Using an array of characters (hint: that's what a string is) with
+ * an array of ints is a good way to pair them up for counting. The 'i'
+ * iterator variable ties to both so that lengths[i] represents the count for
+ * chars[i].
+ */
+
int main(void) {
/* Rundown of variables:
c = current input char