#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

int main()
{

    char file_name[16];
    std::ifstream in_stream;
    int count = 0;
    char ch;
    bool lastWasWhite = true;
    std::string next;

    // Ask the user for the file name
    std::cout << "What is the name of the file? ";
    std::cin >> file_name;
    in_stream.open(file_name);

    // See if we can open the file
    if (!in_stream.is_open()) {
        std::cout << "Something went wrong when opening your file.";
        exit(1);
    }

    // Read the file, one character at a time
    while (in_stream >> next) {
        do {
            std::cin.get(ch);
        }
        while (ch != ' ' && ch != '\n' && ch != '\t');
        ++count;
    }

    /* program works mostly properly. It only completes if you use CTRL+C to end the terminal. I cannot find a way to
    quit the program before that, so I think it loops forever. */

    in_stream.close();

    std::cout << "The file " << file_name << " contains " << count << " words." << std::endl;

    return 0;
}