# No.23 Perl Sample (code key - 60)
# Learning Perl: Count Characters 1（文字数を数える）
# Tomonori Nagano <tnagano@gc.cuny.edu>
# Last Update: January 18, 2008
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# this sample script is simplified for pedagogical purposes. Those who are
# interested in advanced Perl programming are encouraged to consult with 
# relevant sections of "Perl Cookbook" by Christiansen & Torkington

my $numCharacters = 0 ;

while(<>){						# this reads the default file line by line
	chomp ;						# delete the end-of-line character
	@chars = split ("",$_) ;	# split into characters
	$numCharacters += $#chars + 1 ;	# don't forget to add 1 to the index
}

print "numCharacters\t$numCharacters\n" ;