Java Word Count countWords(String string)

Description

count Words

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static int countWords(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  ww.  j  av a2 s  . c  om*/
 * This file is a component of thundr, a software library from 3wks.
 * Read more: http://www.3wks.com.au/thundr
 * Copyright (C) 2013 3wks, <thundr@3wks.com.au>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    public static int countWords(String string) {
        return normalisePunctuationToSpaces(string).split("\\s+").length;
    }

    public static String normalisePunctuationToSpaces(String string) {
        return string == null ? "" : string.replaceAll("\\p{Punct}", " ");
    }
}

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