full wc in go

gistfile1.go

package main

import "strings"
import "io"
import "bufio"
import "fmt"
import "os"

func main() {
    reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)

    var line string
    var e error
    var lines, words, chars int

    for e != io.EOF {
        line, e = reader.ReadString('\n')
        this_char := len(line)
        chars += this_char
        if this_char > 1 {
            lines++
            words += len(strings.Fields(line))
        }
    }

    fmt.Printf("%d lines, %d words, %d chars\n", lines, words, chars)
}