Coding for Word Count

zadiac8318 · February 20th, 2005, 07:10 PM

Hi,
I am new to this forum and I hope that I will learn more about Java in this web site.

Anyway, I have created a code:

Code:

public class WordCount {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     //Text string to be analysed
     String text = "Process of planning and implementing"
                  +" the development and distribution of goods"
                  +" to fulfil and produce profits.";
     int words = 0;

     //Analyse all the characters in the string
     int textLength = text.Length();

     for(int i = 0; i < textLength; i++) {
       //Check for words
       if(Character.isWord) {
           words++;
       }
     }
     System.out.println("The Text contained words: " + words + "\n");

     }
  }

Is this correct as to what I want to produce??

Also, where do I have to include, what code, to get CONSOLE WINDOW??

Thanks in Advance.

sharpobject · February 26th, 2005, 07:34 PM

I looked up the String API just for you, and here's what I have:

public class WordCount {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     String text = "Process of planning and implementing"
                  +" the development and distribution of goods"
                  +" to fulfil and produce profits.";

     String[] words=text.split("\\s");
     int wordCount=words.length;

     System.out.println("The Text contained words: " + wordCount + "\n");
     }
  }

The String.split(String) method returns a String array created by splitting the string around instances of a regular expression. Regular expressions are, quite frankly, difficult. "\s" in a regular expression matches any one whitespace character. Multiple spaces between words will skew results in this implementation, but the simple direction is what I think you were looking for.