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<var>WordCount</var> returns the number of words in its method object string. | <var>WordCount</var> returns the number of words in its method object string. | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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===Syntax terms=== | ===Syntax terms=== | ||
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<tr><th>%number</th><td>A numeric variable to contain the number of words in the <var class="term">string</var> method object. | <tr><th nowrap>%number</th><td>A numeric variable to contain the number of words in the <var class="term">string</var> method object. | ||
</td></tr> | </td></tr> | ||
<tr><th>string</th> | <tr><th>string</th> | ||
<td>The string that is the list of words to be counted. | <td>The string that is the list of words to be counted. | ||
</td></tr> | </td></tr> | ||
<tr><th><var>Spaces</var></th> | <tr><th><var>Spaces</var></th> | ||
<td> | <td>This optional, [[Notation conventions for methods#Named parameters|name required]], argument is a set of "whitespace" characters, that is, characters that separate words. The default is the blank character. If the null string is provided, the blank character is used as the whitespace character. | ||
</td></tr> | </td></tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<p class="code">PrintText {~="I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount} | <p class="code">PrintText {~="I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount} | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
produces | produces this result: | ||
<p class="output">"I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount=8 | <p class="output">"I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount=8 | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
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<li><var class="camel">[[WordNumberIn and WordNumberOf (String functions)|WordNumberIn and WordNumberOf]]</var>, which return the word number of a "needle" word within a "haystack" list of words | <li><var class="camel">[[WordNumberIn and WordNumberOf (String functions)|WordNumberIn and WordNumberOf]]</var>, which return the word number of a "needle" word within a "haystack" list of words | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:00, 3 September 2015
Count words in list (String class)
[Introduced in Sirius Mods 7.9]
WordCount returns the number of words in its method object string.
Note that processing a string of words may be better accomplished with the StringTokenizer class.
Syntax
%number = string:WordCount[( [Spaces= string])]
Syntax terms
| %number | A numeric variable to contain the number of words in the string method object. |
|---|---|
| string | The string that is the list of words to be counted. |
| Spaces | This optional, name required, argument is a set of "whitespace" characters, that is, characters that separate words. The default is the blank character. If the null string is provided, the blank character is used as the whitespace character. |
Usage notes
- WordCount is the OO version of $Lstr_Words.
Examples
The following fragment:
PrintText {~="I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount}
produces this result:
"I'd like to buy the world a joke":WordCount=8
See also
- List of StringTokenizer methods
- Words, which produces a word sublist from a list of words
- Word, which selects a word from a list of words
- WordNumberIn and WordNumberOf, which return the word number of a "needle" word within a "haystack" list of words