This function determines the number of words in a string.

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#include <codecogs/strings/word_count.h>

using namespace Strings;

	int	word_count (char * szInputString) This function determines the number of words in a string.
	Integer	cc_word_count (String szInputString) This function is available as a Microsoft Excel add-in.

Function Documentation

The assumptions involved are:

• The string is null terminated
• The words seperation char is only a space and nothing else.

Example:

#include<codecogs/strings/word_count.h>
void main () {
   char * sz = "This is a string used to     count wordcount using the  
   word_count function.";
   int nWordCount = word_count (sz);
   printf ("The word count is %d", nWordCount);
}

Output:

12

Parameters:

szInputString

The null terminated input string

Returns:

Number of words in the input string.

Authors:

Nitin Ananda