C basic query

[Jay_K]

Hello All,

I made a simple code to count the number of 'a' until meet '.'

Below is the code that I programmed.
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int i = 0;
char input ='0';


while (input != '.')
{
if (input == 'a')
i++;
printf("Enter your character : ");
input = getchar();

}

printf("number of a : %d", i);
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Unfortunately, the result is not what I intended.
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Enter your character : a
Enter your character : Enter your character : ab
Enter your character : Enter your character : Enter your character : abc
Enter your character : Enter your character : Enter your character : Enter your character : .
number of a : 3
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I can't understand the reason why "Enter your character" is printed repeatedly.

Please help me.

Thanks,

 

[canada_roy]

You are missing the curly brackets after your if statement

if (condition) {
// block of code to be executed if the condition is true
}