read a file in c word by word code example

Example: c read word from file

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
 
int main(int argc, char * argv[]) 
{ 
	// This program reads a file from its arguments and prints a word by word. Additionally, it counts the words in the file. 
	if (argc < 2) return 1; 
	char * filename = argv[1]; 
	FILE * fp = fopen(filename, "r"); 
	if (fp == NULL) return 1; 
	char c; 
	int count = 0; 
	while((c = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) 
	{ 
		if(c == ' ' || c == '\n') 
		{ 
			printf("\n"); 
			++count; 
		} 
		else 
		{ 
			printf("%c", c); 
		} 
	} 
	fclose(fp); 
 
	printf("This file has %d words in it.", count); 
	return 0; 
}