Count blanks, tabs and newlines in c

count-blanks-tabs-newlines.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  int c;
  int blanks, tabs, newlines;
  
  /* Set all count variables to 0 */
  blanks = tabs = newlines = 0;
  
  while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
  {
    /* here ' ' represents a blank */
    
    if (c == ' ')
    {
      ++blanks;
    }
    else if (c == '\t')
    {
      ++tabs;
    }
    else if (c == '\n')
    {
      ++newlines;
    }
  }
  
  printf("You have entered %d blanks, %d tabs and %d newlines\n", blanks, tabs, newlines);
  return 0;
}