> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Counting words in a line? > > > Hi, > > this is my first post, so go ahead, call me a newbie. > > How do I count the number of words in a line? I need to convert some > astronomy data which has floats, integers and commas in the string and > massage this data into something more palatable to the application. > >
Depends on what you define as a word. Nonetheless, here's a way: <snip> use strict; my $s = 'hi there how are you'; my @w = ($s =~ /\w+/g); print $#w+1; </snip> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
