Read new line character in fstream C++ - c++

Question

How do I read the new line character? I am trying to do a character count, but the new line gets in the way. I tried doing if (text[i] == ' ' && text[i] == '\n') but that didn't work. Here is my repl.it session.
I am trying to read this from file.txt:
i like cats
dogs are also cool
so are orangutans
This is my code:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ifstream input;
input.open("file.txt");
int numOfWords = 0;
while (true)
{
string text;
getline(input, text);
for(int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++)
{
if (text[i] == ' ')
{
numOfWords++;
}
}
if (input.fail())
{
break;
}
}
cout << "Number of words: " << numOfWords+1 << endl;
input.close();
}

Answer 1

Your question is asking how to count characters, but your code is counting words instead. std::getline() swallows line breaks. You don't need to worry about them if you want to count words. In fact, you can use operator>> to greatly simplify your counting in that case, eg:
int main()
{
ifstream input("file.txt");
int numOfWords = 0;
string word;
while (input >> word)
++numOfWords;
cout << "Number of words: " << numOfWords << endl;
return 0;
}
If you really want to count characters instead of words, use std::ifstream::get() to read the file 1 character at a time, eg:
int main()
{
ifstream input("file.txt");
int numOfChars = 0;
int numOfWords = 0;
bool isInSpace = true;
char ch;
while (input.get(ch))
{
++numOfChars;
if (std::isspace(ch, input.getloc())) {
isInSpace = true;
}
else if (isInSpace) {
isInSpace = false;
++numOfWords;
}
}
cout << "Number of chars: " << numOfChars << endl;
cout << "Number of words: " << numOfWords << endl;
return 0;
}