luc074.c¶
Problem Statement
Write a program that will read a line and delete from it all occurrences of the word 'the'.
Metadata¶
| Property | Detail |
|---|---|
| Author | Amit Dutta amitdutta4255@gmail.com |
| Date | 08 Feb 2026 |
| License | MIT License (See the LICENSE file for details) |
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Source Code¶
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
int main()
{
char str[100], res[100];
int i = 0, j = 0;
printf("Enter a line of text: ");
gets(str);
while (str[i] != '\0')
{
/* Check if the current segment matches "the" */
/* To be a word 'the', it should effectively be surrounded by non-alphabets or start/end of string.
For simplicity in this context, we check if str[i..] starts with "the" */
if ((str[i] == 't' || str[i] == 'T') &&
(str[i+1] == 'h' || str[i+1] == 'H') &&
(str[i+2] == 'e' || str[i+2] == 'E') &&
(str[i+3] == ' ' || str[i+3] == '\0'))
{
// Found "the" followed by space or null. Skip "the".
i += 3;
// If it was followed by a space, we might want to skip the space too
// to avoid double spaces, but the problem says delete 'the'.
// Let's just skip the word.
}
else
{
res[j] = str[i];
j++;
i++;
}
}
res[j] = '\0';
printf("Text after removing 'the': %s\n", res);
return 0;
}