K&R Exercise 1-9 (C)

Question

\"Write a program to copy its input to its output, replacing each string of one or more blanks by a single blank.\"

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Answer 1

a way to make it easier for the new people are stuck on this book (by not knowing any thing then what brought up until page 22 in K&R).

credits to @Michael , @Mat and @Matthew to help me to understand

#include 
main()
{
 int c;

while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) /* state of "an input is not EOF" (1) */ 
 {
        if (c == ' ') /* "blank has found" -> change the rule now */
        {
          while ((c = getchar ()) == ' '); /* as long you see blanks just print for it a blank until rule is broken (2) */
          putchar(' ');
        }
   putchar(c); /* either state (2) was broken or in state (1) no blanks has been found */
  }
}