#include <stdio.h> int num_the( char *str ); int main() { char str[100]; int the; gets(str); the = num_the( str ); printf("the number of the are:%d/n",the); } int num_the( char *str ) { int i,the=0; for ( i=0; *(str+i)!='/0'; i++ ) { if ( *(str+i)=='t' && *(str+i+1)=='h' && *(str+i+2)=='e' ) { the++; i += 2; } } return(the); }