import java.util.Scanner; /** * You enter a string into this program, and it will return how * many words were in that particular string * * @author Unknown * */ class CountTheWords { /** * The main method * * @param args Command line arguments */ public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println("Enter the string"); Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); String s=sc.nextLine(); int count = 1; for (int i = 0; i < s.length()-1; i++) { if((s.charAt(i) == ' ') && (s.charAt(i+1) != ' ')) { count++; } } System.out.println("Number of words in the string = "+count); sc.close(); } }