// countChars.C

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>

main()
{
  const char fname[] = "test.txt";
  ifstream inFile(fname);

  if (!inFile) {
    cerr << "Cannot open " << fname
         << endl;
    return 1;
  }

  char ch;
  int count = 0;
  while (inFile >> ch) {
    count++;
  }

  cout << "There are " << count
       << " non-whitespace chars in "
       << fname << endl;

  return 0;
}