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copied!<p>I'm writing a program that deciphers sentences, syllables, and words given in a basic text file.</p> <p>The program cycles through the file character by character. It first looks if it is some kind of end-of-sentence marker, like <code>!</code> <code>?</code> <code>:</code> <code>;</code> or <code>.</code>. Then if the character is not a space or tab, it assumes it is a character. Finally, it identifies that if it is a space or tab, and the last character before it was a valid letter/character (e.g. not an end-of-sentence marker), it is a word.</p> <p>I was a bit light on the details, but here is the problem I have. My word count is equal to my sentence count. What this interprets to, is it realizes that a word stops when there is an end of sentence marker, BUT the real problem is the spaces are considered valid letters. </p> <p>Heres my if statement, to decide if the character in question is a valid letter in a word:</p> <pre><code>else if(character != ' ' || character != '\t') </code></pre> <p>I've already ruled out end-of-sentence markers by that point in the program. (In the original if actually). From reading off an Ascii table, 32 should be the space character. However, when i output all of the characters that make it into that block of code, spaces are in there.</p> <p>So what am I doing wrong? How can i stop spaces from getting through this if?</p> <p>Thanks in advance, and I have a feeling the question may be a bit vague, or poorly worded. If you have any questions or need clarification, let me know. </p>

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