[lp_string_wordcount]

Description

Returns the number of words in a given string of text.

Requires [lp_string_extendedtoplain]

Sample Usage

var:'text' = "This is a test in the U.S.A. at 3:00pm with US$1,125.34 (EU$1.125,34).
  It's great fun at O'Hare.  Hale-Bopp was an interest-
ing comet.
héllo wörld!?!?";
'
Text = ' $text '
';

lp_string_wordcount: $text; // returns 24

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[

define_tag:'lp_string_wordcount',
	-description='Returns the number of words in a given string of text.',
	-priority='replace',
	-required='string';

	// ideas from this thread:
	// http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso?id=163162

	return:	(string_findregexp: (lp_string_extendedtoplain: (string: $text)), -find='\\w+\\-\\s+\\w+|[\\w\\-\':,\\.\\$]*\\w+[\\w\\-\':,\\.\\$]*')->size;

/define_tag;

]

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