// File: CntBlPer.cpp
// COUNTS THE NUMBER OF BLANKS IN EACH LINE OF A FILE

#include <iostream.h>

int main ()
{
   // Local data ...
   const char blank = ' ';		// character being counted
   const char nwln = '\n'; 	// newline character
   char next;			// next character in current line
   int blank_count;		// number of blanks in current line
   int line_count;			// keeps track of number of lines in file

   line_count = 0;
   cin.get (next);			// get first char of new line

   while (!cin.eof ())
   {
      blank_count = 0;		// initialize blank count for new line
      while (next != nwln)
      {
         cout.put (next);
         if (next == blank)
            blank_count++;		// increment blank count.
         cin.get (next);		// get next character.
      }  // end inner while
      cout.put (nwln);		// marks end of current display line
      line_count++;
      cout << "The number of blanks is " << blank_count << "."
            << endl;
      cin.get (next);		// get next character.
   }  // end outer while

   cout << "The number of lines processed is " << line_count
         << "." << endl;
   return 0;
}