C / C++ / MFC

CFile myFile("myfile.txt", CFile::modeRead);  

UINT nFileLen = myFile.GetLength();           

const unsigned char* pTemp = new char[nFileLen+1];

// Clear the newly allocated memory to all zeros
memset(pTemp, 0, nFileLen+1);

// Load the file into the temporary buffer
myFile.Read(pTemp, nFileLen);

// Copy temp buffer into CString buff for easier handling

CString buff=pTemp;

// Iterate buffer and look for special characters
for(int i=0; i<buff.GetLength(); i++){
  // Look for a space character
  if(buff.GetAt(i)==32)
    nColumnCount++;
  // Look for carriage return and linefeed 
  else if(buff.GetAt(i)==13 && buff.GetAt(i+1)==10)
    nRowCount++;
}

// Free up memory used by temp buffer
delete[] pTemp;