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Count Words in String in Python

Count the number of words in a sentence.

BeginnerString ProgramsExample 20 of 25
count-words-in-string.py
1# Program to count words in a sentence
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3sentence = input("Enter a sentence: ")
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5words = sentence.split()
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7print("Number of words:", len(words))

Output

Enter a sentence: count the words here
Number of words: 4

What's going on

We split on whitespace and use len(words) to count words.

After this program

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