//John T. Rine
//September 10, 2011 (Revised)

//This function is the basis for a set of string handling routines
//$ ./cntChars Hello Jenny Sue!
//There are 5 characters in string 1
//There are 5 characters in string 2
//There are 4 characters in string 3
//$ ./cntChars "John Rine" "Likes to" Program!
//There are 9 characters in string 1
//There are 8 characters in string 2
//There are 8 characters in string 3

#include<stdio.h>

int cntChars(char *);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int i;

	if (argc > 1) for(i = 1; i <= (argc - 1); i++) printf("There are %d characters in string %d\n", cntChars(*(argv + i)), i);
	else printf("No command line arguments were supplied after the file name\n");

	return(0);
}

int cntChars(char *inputString)
{
	// returned value "count" does not include
	// '\0'
	int count = 0;
	while(*(inputString + count) != '\0') ++count;
	return(count);
}