diff --git a/leetcode/DIRECTORY.md b/leetcode/DIRECTORY.md
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@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 |  387 | [First Unique Character in a String](https://leetcode.com/problems/first-unique-character-in-a-string)                                                 | [C](./src/387.c)  | Easy       |
 |  389 | [Find the Difference](https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-difference)                                                                               | [C](./src/389.c)  | Easy       |
 |  404 | [Sum of Left Leaves](https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-of-left-leaves)                                                                                 | [C](./src/404.c)  | Easy       |
+|  434 | [Number of Segments in a String](https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-segments-in-a-string)                                                         | [C](./src/434.c)  | Easy       |
 |  442 | [Find All Duplicates in an Array](https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array)                                                       | [C](./src/442.c)  | Medium     |
 |  461 | [Hamming Distance](https://leetcode.com/problems/hamming-distance)                                                                                     | [C](./src/461.c)  | Easy       |
 |  476 | [Number Complement](https://leetcode.com/problems/number-complement)                                                                                   | [C](./src/476.c)  | Easy       |
diff --git a/leetcode/src/434.c b/leetcode/src/434.c
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+// Given a string s, returns the number of segments in the string.
+int countSegments(char * s){
+    int sLen = strlen(s);
+    int prevSpace = 1;
+    int result = 0;
+    char currChar;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < sLen; i++){
+        currChar = s[i];
+
+        //A string of whitespaces will only be counted once as the condition below is only true when we transition from whitespace to non-whitespace.
+        //Since we start with assumed whitespace (prevSpace = 1), initial whitespaces are handled as well, if any
+        if (s[i] != ' ' && prevSpace) {
+            result++;
+        }
+        prevSpace = (currChar == ' ');
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}