Word Counter Script

The following C# script counts the number of words in a text file and outputs the total count. It has been used to attain the word counts of the books within the Sun Eater series, the results of which can be seen on Word Counts Table. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can join us on the Red Company Discord.

internal abstract class WordCounter
{
    private static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Enter the file path to process:");
        string? inFileName = Console.ReadLine();

        int counter = 0;
        string delimiters = " ,.?!*”“:;";

        if (inFileName != null)
        {
            using StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(inFileName);
            while (!sr.EndOfStream)
            {
                string? line = sr.ReadLine()?.Trim();
                if (line is { Length: 0 }) 
                    continue;
    
                string[]? words = line?.Split(delimiters.ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                if (words != null) 
                    counter += words.Length;
            }
        }

        Console.WriteLine($"The word count is {counter}.");
    }
}