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Ruby Word Count

02.06.2008
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module StringExtensions
  def words
    s = self.dup
    s.gsub!(/\w+/, 'X')
    s.gsub!(/\W+/, '')
    s.length
  end
end

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Snippets Manager replied on Fri, 2007/08/17 - 8:08am

And actually, if you want to accept perfectly legitimate words with hyphens, like "one-way street" and "forty-three," you need to go this route: s.scan(/(\w|-)+/).size BTW, Peter, I hadn't happened upon "scan" until reading your book. Thanks!

Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:55pm

s.scan(/\w+/).size would probably do the same, btw.
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