I am trying to count the number of lines of files with this function but things finish with an ifinite loop !!

Question

#include<stdio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

long count(char * fileName )
{

    long compteur = 0 ;

    char caracter ;

   fich = fopen( fileName,"r") ;

   if ( fich != NULL )
   {
      do
       {
                caracter = fgetc(fich) ;
                if ( caracter = '\n' )
                         compteur++ ;

      }while ( caractere != EOF ) ;

 }
 fclose(fich) ;
 return compteur ;
} ;

Answer 1

I found it !! 😃 it's a stupid fault , in the condition of "if" I had to use "==" not "=" !! thanks for trying help 😊

Answer 2

the main function is simple :
( "dictionnary.txt" is a file that contain 8 words, each word in a line)
int main()
{
printf(" the number of words is : %ld", count("dictionnary.txt") );
return 0 ;
}

Answer 3

I am working on windows, the eol is '\n'

Answer 4

where is your main() function?
Also if the file was created in Windows, I think the eol chatacter is '\r'

Answer 5

I also overlooked it :)