Counting words in a string – c programming

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int words(const char sentence[])
{
}

(note braces).

For loops go with ; instead of ,.

Without any disclaimer, here’s what I’d have written:

See it live http://ideone.com/uNgPL

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int words(const char sentence[ ])
{
    int counted = 0; // result

    // state:
    const char* it = sentence;
    int inword = 0;

    do switch(*it) {
        case '\0': 
        case ' ': case '\t': case '\n': case '\r': // TODO others?
            if (inword) { inword = 0; counted++; }
            break;
        default: inword = 1;
    } while(*it++);

    return counted;
}

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    printf("%d\n", words(""));
    printf("%d\n", words("\t"));
    printf("%d\n", words("   a      castle     "));
    printf("%d\n", words("my world is a castle"));
}

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