Count Words in String

Count the number of words in a sentence.

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Python Count Words in String Program

This program helps you to learn the fundamental structure and syntax of Python programming.

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# Program to count words in a sentence

sentence = input("Enter a sentence: ")

words = sentence.split()

print("Number of words:", len(words))
Output
Enter a sentence: count the words here
Number of words: 4

Understanding Count Words in String

We split on whitespace and use len(words) to count words.

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