ID: 16681
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
PHP Version: 4.1.2
New Comment:
I think in PHP it would look like this:
function word_count($string) {
return count(preg_split("/\s+/", $string));
}
Previous Comments:
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[2002-04-18 10:15:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I notice that PHP does not have a words() function; I propose that one
is added.
For anybody doing string processing this is an extremely useful
function. It is a commonly found function in other languages (e.g.
REXX). It is not just for general text processing that such a function
is useful, but whenever dealing with strings.
For example, I had a string where I had to take different actions if
there was only 1 word in a string than if there were many.
I agree that you can do this sort of thing with regular expressions,
but hey, you can do a Leveshtein function too with regular expressions
;).
I can guarantee if there was one, it would be widely used.
words(), simply should return the number of words in a string, e.g.
words("hello") -> 1
words("this is my example") -> 4
words(" ah how about this, eh smartass?") -> 6
words("thank you PHP team for taking the time to read this and giving
due consideration for this suggestion rather than just throwing it in
the waste bin because you've got more urgent things to do") -> 35
Hugh Prior
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