Re: Number of Words in a String
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- Subject: [mg102541] Re: Number of Words in a String
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:38:15 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <h5r8b5$l4q$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Aug 11, 2:58 am, Gregory Lypny <gregory.ly... 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."], Wo= rd]] > > Returns 5. > > Gregory StringCount["The cat in the hat.", Whitespace] + 1 probably a better way is use WordBoundary. StringCount["The cat in the hat.", WordBoundary]/2 Mike