#!/usr/local/bin/perl 

($wordcount, $charcount) = &getcounts(3); 
print ("Totals for three lines: "); 
print ("$wordcount words, $charcount characters\n"); 

sub getcounts { 
   my ($numlines) = @_; 
   my ($charpattern, $wordpattern); 
   my ($charcount, $wordcount); 
   my ($line, $linecount); 
   my (@retval); 
   $charpattern = ""; 
   $wordpattern = "\\s+"; 
   $linecount = $charcount = $wordcount = 0; 
   while (1) { 
       $line = <STDIN>; 
       last if ($line eq ""); 
       $linecount++; 
       $charcount += &count($line, $charpattern); 
       $line =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; 
       $wordcount += &count($line, $wordpattern); 
       last if ($linecount == $numlines); 
   }; 
   @retval = ($wordcount, $charcount); 
} 

sub count { 
   my ($line, $pattern) = @_; 
   my ($count); 
   if ($pattern eq "") { 
      @items = split (//, $line); 
   } else { 
      @items = split (/$pattern/, $line); 
   } 
   $count = @items; 
} 