TheAlgorithms-C/exercism/word_count/word_count.h

#ifndef WORD_COUNT_H
#define WORD_COUNT_H

#define MAX_WORDS 20  // at most MAX_WORDS can be found in the test input string
#define MAX_WORD_LENGTH 50  // no individual word can exceed this length

// results structure
typedef struct word_count_word
{
    char text[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
    int count;
} word_count_word_t;

#define EXCESSIVE_LENGTH_WORD -1
#define EXCESSIVE_NUMBER_OF_WORDS -2

// word_count - routine to classify the unique words and their frequency in a
// test input string inputs:
//    input_text =  a null-terminated string containing that is analyzed
//
// outputs:
//    words = allocated structure to record the words found and their frequency
//    uniqueWords - number of words in the words structure
//           returns a negative number if an error.
//           words will contain the results up to that point.
int word_count(const char *input_text, word_count_word_t *words);

#endif