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Ruby: Count Number Of Words In A String

07.18.2007
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class String
  def count_words
    n = 0
    scan(/\b\S+\b/) { n += 1}
    n
  end 
end

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replied on Thu, 2007/04/12 - 4:41pm

or you could try class String def count_words split(/\S+/).size end end gotta love ruby and the infinite ways to do things :)
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