Word Count Script

The following C# script counts the number of words in a text file and outputs the total count. It has been used on several of the books on this wiki.

  
    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}.");
      }
    }