Count Words in String

countWords

The countWords function counts the number of words in a string, using Unicode-aware patterns to accurately count words across different scripts and writing systems.

Function Signature

function countWords(text: string): number

Parameters

• text (string): The input string to count words from.

Return Value

• number: The number of word-like tokens found in the string.

Example Usage

Notes

• This function is Unicode-aware, supporting letters with diacritics, punctuation like apostrophes, and hyphenated words.
• Numeric sequences (e.g. "123") are counted as words.

Aliases

The following aliases can be used for the countWords function:

• countWordsInString
• wordCount