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}.");
      }
    }