aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c')
-rw-r--r--ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c51
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c b/ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c4871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ch1/1-14_character-freq-histogram.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main(void) {
+ /* Rundown of variables:
+ c = current input char
+ ltrs = letter count
+ chars = string containing the characters the program will count
+ lengths = the counts for each character
+ */
+
+ int c;
+ int i = 0;
+ char chars[] = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+
+ /* cnum is the number of characters found in the above string */
+ int cnum = 0;
+ while (chars[i] != '\0') {
+ cnum += 1;
+ ++i;
+ }
+
+ /* This array need its members to be initialized to zero. */
+ int lengths[cnum];
+ for (i = 0; i <= cnum; ++i) {
+ lengths[i] = 0;
+ }
+
+ // Capture input until it ends
+ while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) {
+ for (i = 0; i < cnum; ++i) {
+ if (c == chars[i]) {
+ lengths[i] += 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ // This is ugly and I wish I knew a better way to do it.
+ printf("\nCHARACTER FREQUENCY\n\n 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75\n");
+ int iter = 0;
+ while (iter <= cnum) {
+ i = lengths[iter];
+ if (i > 0) {
+ printf("%2c | ", chars[iter]);
+ while (i > 0) {
+ printf("#");
+ i -= 1;
+ }
+ printf("\n");
+ }
+ ++iter;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}