#include <stdio.h>


int mycmp(const char* s1, const char* s2);
int cnt = 0;
	
char message [] = "the cat sat on the mat the the the the";
char checkword [] = "the";

int main (void)
{
 	char *word, *msg;
	msg = message;
	word = checkword;
	

	if(mycmp(word, msg) == 0){
			cnt++;    // increment counter
	}
	
	

	//printf("The word is: %s\n", word);
	//printf("the sentence is: %s\n", *message);
	printf("the word occurs %i times\n", cnt);

return 0;
}

int mycmp (const char* s1, const char* s2)
{
	while (*s1++ == *s2++);
	    return *s1 - *s2;
}