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Count Words in a File

Explore how to count words in a file by leveraging C++20's basic_istream and istream_iterator classes. Understand how the distance function measures steps between iterators to determine word count, enabling efficient text processing with streams.

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By default, the basic_istream class reads one word at a time. We can take advantage of this property to use an istream_iterator to count words.

How to do it

This is a simple recipe to count words using an istream_iterator: ...