/* Exercise 13-15, CBD, page 467. Programmed by Kurt Normark, 
   April 2003. */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int getwords(FILE *ifp, int k, char *words){
  char word[100];
  int count = 0;
  while (fscanf(ifp, "%s", word) != EOF && count < k){
    count++;
    strcpy(words,word);
    words += strlen(word); 
    *words++ = '\n'; 
  }
  words--;
  *words = '\0';
  return count;
}
  

int main(void) {
  char buffer[500];
  int no_of_words;

  FILE *input_file = fopen("text-input","r");
  no_of_words = getwords(input_file, 5, buffer);
  printf("%i words read:\n%s\n", no_of_words, buffer);
  fclose(input_file);

  return 0;
}