Javascript Counter function that counts number of words in the text

Question

I'm trying to write a javascript counter function that takes a text argument that counts the number of words in the text.

The return output also has to be displayed as a single object.

*The return output also has to be displayed as a single object.* You can display it however you want--as an alert, in the console, or by sticking it in the DOM. — , Oct 18 '15 at 04:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 01:59

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try to use text.split(' ').length

var countOf = function(text){
 return text.split(' ').length
}

answered Oct 18 '15 at 01:59

Rudolf Manusachi

what about tabs and returns – milevyo Oct 18 '15 at 02:03
Oh, my bad. May be instead regexp helps. E.g. `text.(/\s+/).length` – Rudolf Manusachi Oct 18 '15 at 02:10
@RudolfManusadzhyan How many words is `" Oh my! ! ! ! "` ? – Paul S. Oct 18 '15 at 02:11
yes, that what makes programing cool :) – milevyo Oct 18 '15 at 02:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 02:02

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the way to do is to count every is_space() in the string that is not preceded by an other is_space(), add to the result the last word if it remain.

answered Oct 18 '15 at 02:02

milevyo

think about the min length of the word, can punctuations be counted as words? – milevyo Oct 18 '15 at 02:06

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