Flash cards
Review the key moves
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Core idea
What is the main idea behind Java How To Count Words?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
1Quick choice
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
2Fill blank
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___ words = "One Two Three Four";3Order
Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
Explanation: The method split("\\s") breaks the string into an array wherever it finds a space.
You can easily count the number of words in a string with the following example:
Count Number of Words in a String
Count Number of Words in a String
You can easily count the number of words in a string with the following example:
Example
String words = "One Two Three Four";
int countWords = words.split("\\s").length;
System.out.println(countWords);Explanation: The method split("\\s") breaks the string into an array wherever it finds a space. In the example, the string "One Two Three Four" is split into 4 words. The length of that array tells us the total number of words.
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