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}.");
    }
}