A utility that reads a text file and provides statistics about its content. It should report the total number of characters, words, lines, and the frequency of each character or word.
What you'll build
This project involves building a powerful command-line Text File Analyzer in C. This tool will not only perform basic analysis but will be engineered with enhancements to make it a portfolio-grade application. The core functionality is to read any given text file and compute detailed statistics, including total character, word, and line counts. It will also calculate the frequency of each character and each unique word. To elevate the project, we will add advanced features such as command-line options to control the specific analysis to be performed (e.g., only show word count), the ability to sort the frequency results, and an option to write the final report to an output file instead of the console. The architecture will be modular, separating concerns into different files, and will emphasize robust error handling and efficient memory management, key skills in C programming. This project is designed to be a solid foundation that could later be expanded into a more complex text processing library or a component of a larger data analysis system.
What you'll learn
Roadmap
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