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WordCount function

In unit StrUtils

Count the number of words in a string.

Declaration

pascal
function WordCount(const S: string; const WordDelims: TSysCharSet)
: SizeInt

Arguments

S

String to search in.

WordDelims

Characters to be used as word delimiters.

Function result

Number of words in the string.

Description

WordCount returns the number of words in the string S. A word is a non-empty string of characters bounded by one of the characters in WordDelims.

The predefined StdWordDelims constant can be used for the WordDelims argument.

Errors

None.

See also

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