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Number of Words in a String

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Subject: [mg102483] Number of Words in a String
From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:02:50 -0400 (EDT)

Hello everyone,

Is this the simplest way to find the number of words in a string?   
Seems a little complicated, and I can't seem to turn it into a  
function because when I replace the string with the argument  
placeholder myString_ I get an error message saying that a string is  
expected in that spot.

	Length[ReadList[StringToStream["The cat in the hat."], Word]]

	Returns 5.

Gregory

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