大一下期末考试：统计一行字符串中单词的个数

大一下期末考试：统计一行字符串中单词的个数

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define N 100
int main()
{
    char strings[N];
    char i,sum=1;
    printf("please input a string: ");
    gets (strings);
    if(strings[0]=='\0')
    {
        printf("there is nothing");
    }
    if(strings[0]==' ')
    {
        printf("sorry ,first word can't be blank");
    }
    else
    {
        for (i=0; strings[i]!='\0'; i++)
        {
            if(strings[i]==' ')
                sum++;

        }
        printf("the sum of words is %d",sum);
    }
}

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