Okay so I\'m having troubled understanding how to count the numberof characters,

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Okay so I'm having troubled understanding how to count the numberof characters, lines, tags, comments, links, and characters withinthe tags in a text file. I can count the characters and lines butwhen ever I try to count the tags, comments, and links it messes upmy character count. here is what i have.

#include <iostream>                   // includestandard I/O routines
#include <fstream>
#include <string>                   // includeC++ string class header

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    const char TAG_OPEN = '<',
              TAG_CLOSE = '>',
              LINK_CAP = 'A',
              LINK_LOW = 'a',
              COMMENT = '!',
              EOLN = ' ';


    int lineCount = 0,
        chCount = 0,
        tagCount = 0,
        commentCount = 0,
        linkCount = 0;
    string fileName;
    ifstream inFile;
    char ch;

    cout << "Enter a valid filename (noblanks!): ";
    cin >> fileName;
    inFile.open (fileName.c_str());

ch = inFile.get();
    while (inFile)
    {
        if (ch != EOF)
           chCount++;
        if (ch == EOLN)
           lineCount++;
        if (ch == TAG_OPEN &&inFile.ignore(100, TAG_CLOSE))
           tagCount++;
        if (ch == TAG_OPEN &&inFile.ignore(100, COMMENT))
           commentCount++;
    }
}

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