Java word count

Count the number of words in a string java

 public static void main(String[] args)
    { 
        //return the number of words in a string 
        
       String example = "This is a good exercise"; 
       
       int length = example.split(" ").length;
       
       System.out.println("The string is " + length + " words long.");
        
        
    }

Java word count

package com.company;
import java.util.*;

public class Main{
    public static int countWords(String s)
    {
        int count=0;

        char ch[]= new char[s.length()];
        for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++)
        {
            ch[i]= s.charAt(i);
            if( ((i>0)&&(ch[i]!=' ')&&(ch[i-1]==' ')) || ((ch[0]!=' ')&&(i==0)) )
                count++;
        }
        return count;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Give word:");
        String word = in.nextLine();
        System.out.println(countWords(word) + " words.");
    }
}

How to count number of words in a string

 String name = "Carmen is a fantastic play"; //arbitrary sentence
        
        int numWords = (name.split("\\s+")).length; //split string based on whitespace
                                                //split returns array - find legth of array
        
        System.out.println(numWords);

Source: java67.com

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