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Typing Speed Test Application in C

Aditya Bhuyan
3 min readFeb 5, 2025

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Welcome to the Typing Speed Test Application. This program is designed to test how fast and accurately you can type a given sentence.

Introduction

The typing speed test application measures how quickly a user can type a given text. It calculates the words per minute (WPM) and the accuracy of typing. The goal of this application is to provide users with an easy way to measure their typing skills and improve them over time.

Objective

The main objective of this typing speed test application is to:

  • Test the typing speed of users in words per minute (WPM).
  • Measure the accuracy of the typed text.
  • Provide a score based on both speed and accuracy.
  • Help users track their typing progress over time.

C Program Code

#include #include #include void typing_speed_test() { char sentence[] = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; char user_input[200]; int i, correct = 0, total_chars = 0; clock_t start_time, end_time; double time_taken; printf("Typing Speed Test\n"); printf("Type the following sentence as fast and accurately as you can:\n"); printf("\"%s\"\n", sentence); printf("\nPress Enter to start...\n"); getchar(); // wait for user to press…

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Aditya Bhuyan
Aditya Bhuyan

Written by Aditya Bhuyan

I am Aditya. I work as a cloud native specialist and consultant. In addition to being an architect and SRE specialist, I work as a cloud engineer and developer.

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