Hi, I need help in a program that has to count the number of commented character

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Hi, I need help in a program that has to count the number of commented characters and commented words in a C file input. the code below already counts the commented characters, how do I count the commented words by adding a case if *p == 'space'. Also does this code works if both "//" and "/****/" apear in the input C file? Because I notice it uses (else if) for the second case.

/* program to print the number of commented characters */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
   int i=0;
   char ch[500], *p;
   FILE *file;
   printf ("Enter the name of the file: ");
   scanf ("%s", ch);
   file = fopen(ch, "r");
   while (fgets(ch, sizeof(ch),file)!=NULL)
   {
       p=ch;
       while (*p)
       {
           if ((*p == '/')&& (*(p+1) == '/'))
           {
               p+=2;
               while (*p && *p!= ' ')
               {
                   i++;
                   p++;
               }
           }
           else if (*p=='/')
           {
               p++;
               if (*p=='*')
               {
                   p++;
                   while (*p && !(*p=='*' && *(p+1)=='/'))
                   {
                       i++;
                       p++;
                   }
               }
           }
           else
           {
               p++;
           }
       }
   }
   printf ("%d ", i); // prints the number of commented characters
}

Explanation / Answer

Yes it will work for both // and /*. Modified the code for words.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
   int i=0;
   int count = 0;
   char ch[500], *p;
   FILE *file;
   char a;
   printf ("Enter the name of the file: ");
   scanf ("%s", ch);
   file = fopen(ch, "r");
   while (fgets(ch, sizeof(ch),file)!=NULL)
  
   {
       p=ch;
       while (*p)
       {
           if ((*p == '/')&& (*(p+1) == '/'))
           {
               p+=2;
               while (*p && *p!= ' ')
               {
                   i++;
                   if (*p == ' ')
                      count++;

                   p++;
               }
               if (*p == ' ' && *(p-1) != ' ')
                  count++;
              
           }
           else if (*p=='/')
           {
               p++;
               if (*p=='*')
               {
                   p++;
                   while (*p && !(*p=='*' && *(p+1)=='/'))
                   {
                       i++;
                       if (*p == ' ' || (*p == ' ' && *(p-1) != ' '))
                         count++;
                       p++;
                   }
                }
           }
           else
           {
               p++;
           }
       }
   }
   printf ("%d ", i); // prints the number of commented characters
   printf ("%d ", count); // prints the number of commented words
}

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