Count word in variable

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ZennoFan

Client

13.02.2016

#1

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I have a variable that contains words , how to put in a new variable the number of words in question ?

THX !
I read this (http://zennolab.com/discussion/threads/can-we-count-words-with-zp.9810/) but I don't find answer, sorry

Tobbe

Client

14.02.2016

#2

Код:

function countWords(s){
    s = s.replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/gi,"");//exclude  start and end white-space
    s = s.replace(/[ ]{2,}/gi," ");//2 or more space to 1
    s = s.replace(/\n /,"\n"); // exclude newline with a start spacing
    return s.split(' ').length;
}
countWords("{-Variable.word-}");