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Kotlin | Counting words in a string: Here, we are going to learn how to count the total number of words in a given string in Kotlin programming language?
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on April 27, 2020
Given a string, we have to count the total number of words in it.
Example:
Input:
string = "IncludeHelp Tutorials"
Output:
Total number of words: 2
Program to count the number of words in a string in Kotlin
package com.includehelp.basic
import java.util.*
/**
* Method to count no. of words in provided String
*/
fun countWords(inputString: String): Int {
//Split String by Space
val strArray = inputString.split(" ".toRegex()).toTypedArray() // Spilt String by Space
val sb = StringBuilder()
var count = 0
//iterate String array
for (s in strArray) {
if (s != "") {
//Increase Word Counter
count++
}
}
return count
}
//Main function, entry point of program
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//Input Stream
val sc = Scanner(System.`in`)
//Input String Value
println("Enter String : ")
val str: String = sc.nextLine()
//Print words Count in a String
println("No. of Words in String : " + countWords(str))
}
Output
RUN 1:
Enter String :
Includehelp Inda Pvt Ltd
No. of Words in String : 4
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Run 2:
Enter String :
Corona Virus APndimic in India
No. of Words in String : 5