In    that         case   this   sentence    has 27 words.

 
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
 
// Get the line from the Rich Edit Control .
// Let's hard code it for this example.
	std::string line = "In    that         case   this   sentence    has 27 words.\r\nThis is another line";
	std::stringstream ss(line);
	std::string word;
	int count = 0;
 
	while ( ss >> word ){
		std::cout << word << std::endl;
		count++ ;
	}
	std::cout << count << std::endl;

	bool isLastCharBlank = true;
	int iWordCount = 0;
 
	char * szTemp = szInputString; 
 
	while(*szTemp) 
	{
		// Whitespase, tab, newline and carriage return
 		if ((*szTemp == ' ') || (*szTemp == '\n') || (*szTemp == '\r')) 
		{
			isLastCharBlank = true;
		}
 
		else if (isLastCharBlank) 
		{
 			iWordCount++;
			isLastCharBlank = false;
		}
 		szTemp++;
	}
	printf("Number of words %d",iWordCount);