Question

Write a C function to count the number of sentences entered; assume a sentence ends in either a period, question mark, or exclamation point.The primary function should be named "sentences" and the secondary function "sentence_counter."

Answer 1

C program:

#include<stdio.h>

//functions declaration

void sentences();

void sentence_counter(char ar[]);

//main function-start of the program

main()

{

//calling primary function in the main function

sentences();

}

//implementation of primary function

void sentences()

{

//character array declaration with size 500 chars to hold

char array[500];

//asking user to enter text

printf("Enter any paragraph:");

//reading usuing gets() method

gets(array);

//calling secondary function

sentence_counter(array);

}

//implementation of secondary function

void sentence_counter(char array[500])

{

//helping variables

int i=0,counter=0;

//loop to travese the array till null character.

for(i=0;array[i]!='\0';i++)

{

//chechking for period,question mark,exclamation point

if(array[i]=='.' || array[i]=='?' || array[i]=='!' )

{

//if found,then increment counter by 1

counter++;

}

}

//displaying the output to the console

printf("Number of sentences: %d\n",counter);

}

Output:

DAUsers ygurram Pictures cansIC &CClasses sentenceCounter.exe Enter any paragraph Hello everyone! This is c programming-are you ready to work ith?okay,then lets move to the c strings.Thank you. good day Number of sentences: 6