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1. Length of String 2. Reverse String 3. Convert to Uppercase 4. Convert to Lowercase 5. Count Vowels 6. Count Consonants 7. Count Words 8. Check Palindrome String 9. Remove All Spaces 10. Count Each Character

Count Words

Count number of words in string.

BeginnerPhase 5 - Category 1: Basic String HandlingExample 7 of 10

count-words.py

1# Take string input
2s = input("Enter a string: ")
3
4# Count words
5words = s.split()
6count = len(words)
7
8print(f"Number of words: {count}")

Output

Enter a string: Hello World Programming
Number of words: 3

What's going on

Split string and count elements.

Key Concepts:

split() splits by whitespace

Returns list of words

Count list length

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