Java Word Count countWords(String str)

Description

Returns the number of "words" in a given string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	a parameter

Return

int numWords

Declaration

public static int countWords(String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  ww w  .j  ava  2s .  c om*/
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that
 * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If
 * not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the number of "words" in a given string.
     * 
     * @param str
     * @return int numWords
     */
    public static int countWords(String str) {
        return str.trim().split(" ").length;
    }
}

Related

1. countWords(String segment, char[] wordDelimiters)
2. countWords(String str)
3. countWords(String string)
4. countWords(String string)