/* C program to accept a string and find the number of times the word ‘the’ appears in it */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>

void main()
{
int count=0,i,times=0,t,h,e,space;
char str[100];

clrscr();
puts(“Enter a string:”);
gets(str);

/*Traverse the string to count the number of characters*/
while (str[count]!=’\0′)
{
count++;
}
/*Finding the frequency of the word ‘the’*/
for(i=0;i<=count-3;i++)
{
t=(str[i]==’t'||str[i]==’T');
h=(str[i+1]==’h'||str[i+1]==’H');
e=(str[i+2]==’e'||str[i+2]==’E');
space=(str[i+3]==’ ‘||str[i+3]==’\0′);
if ((t&&h&&e&&space)==1)
times++;
}
printf(“Frequency of the word \’the\’ is %d\n”,times);
getch();
}
/*—————————————————–
Output
Enter a string:
The Teacher’s day is the birth day of Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
Frequency of the word ‘the’ is 2
———————————————————*/

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