#include <iostream.h>

int countchar(char []);  // function prototype

int main()
{
  const int MAXNUM = 1000;
  char message[MAXNUM];
  int numchar;

  cout << "\nType in any number of characters: ";

  cin.getline(message,MAXNUM);
  numchar = countchar(message);
  cout << "The number of characters just entered is "
       << numchar << endl;

  return 0;
}

int countchar(char list[])
{
  int i, count = 0;

  for(i = 0; list[i] != '\0'; i++)
    count++;

  return count;
}