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StringTools[Words] - split a string into words
StringTools[WordCount] - count the number of words in a string
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Calling Sequence
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Words( s )
WordCount( s )
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Description
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The Words(s) command splits a string into its constituent words. A list of the words in the input string s, in order, is returned. The non-word characters in the string are elided from the output.
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The WordCount(s) command counts the number of words in a given string s.
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A word is defined to be a maximal contiguous sequence of alphanumeric characters or the apostrophe character ('). Words are delimited by non-word characters.
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Examples
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