import java.util.Scanner; /** * You enter a string into this program, and it will return how * many words were in that particular string * * @author Marcus * */ public class countwords{ public static void main(String[] args){ Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter your text: "); String str = input.nextLine(); System.out.println("Your text has " + wordCount(str) + " word(s)"); input.close(); } private static int wordCount(String s){ if(s.isEmpty() || s == null) return 0; return s.trim().split("[\\s]+").length; } }