Use Char.IsPunctuation and Char.IsWhiteSpace to split words : Char « Data Types « VB.Net






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Use Char.IsPunctuation and Char.IsWhiteSpace to split words

 


Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim s1 As String = "this is a test."
      Dim nWords As Integer = 0

      s1 = s1.Trim()      
      For ctr As Integer = 0 To s1.Length - 1
         If Char.IsPunctuation(s1(ctr)) Or Char.IsWhiteSpace(s1(ctr)) 
            nWords += 1              
         End If   
      Next
      Console.WriteLine("The sentence{2}   {0}{2}has {1} words.",s1, nWords, vbCrLf)                                                                     
   End Sub
End Module








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