A "word" counter in C++ (not really, but kind of) std::cout << std::distance(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(std::cin), std::istream_iterator<std:::string>(

A "word" counter in C++ (not really, but kind of) std::cout << std::distance(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(std::cin), std::istream_iterator<std:::string>()) << std::endl; And I guess you could get "character" count using istreambuf_iterator. Don't do this :-) (Though I've used it in a pinch)