Re: Number of Words in a String
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- Subject: [mg102510] Re: [mg102483] Number of Words in a String
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:32:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
wordCount[str_String] := Module[{s = StringReplace[str, Whitespace -> " "]}, StringCount[s, " "] + 1] str = "The cat in the hat."; wordCount[str] 5 Bob Hanlon ---- Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote: ============= 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