The code below is my answer to exercise 1-13 in K&R The C Programming Language, which asks for a histogram for the length of words in its input. My question is regarding EOF. How exactly can I break out of the while loop without ending the program entirely? I have used Ctrl-Z which I have heard is EOF on Windows, but this ends the program, instead of just breaking the while loop. How can I get to the for loop after the while loop without ending the file? This is a general question, not just with my code below but for all the code in K&R that uses: while ((c = getchar()) != EOF). Thanks in advance! `

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAXLENGTH 20 /* Max length of a word */
#define IN 1 /* In a word */
#define OUT 0 /* Out of a word */

int main() {
  int c, i, j, len = 0;
  int lenWords[MAXLENGTH];
  bool state = OUT;

  for (i = 0; i < MAXLENGTH; ++i) {
    lenWords[i] = 0;
  }

  c = getchar();
  while (c != EOF) {
    if (c != ' ' && c != '\n' && c != '\t') {
      if (state == IN) {
        lenWords[len - 1] += 1; /* a length 5 word is in subscript 4 */
        len = 0;
      }
      state = OUT;
    }
    else {
      state = IN;
    }
    if (state == IN) {
      len += 1;
    }
    c = getchar();
  }

  /* Generating a histogram using _ and | */
  for (i = 0; i < MAXLENGTH; ++i) { /* Underscores write over one another; not so efficient */
    for (j = 0; j < lenWords[i]; ++j) {
      putchar('_');
    }
    putchar('\n');
    for (j = 0; j < lenWords[i]; ++j) {
      putchar('_');
    }
    putchar('|');
    printf("Length: %d, Frequency: %d", i + 1, lenWords[i]);
  }

  return 0;
}