print the number of words of a string, with the split function-CodePudding

def number_of_words_in(text):
    return text

text = "She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that."
x = char(text)
print(text.split())

Hello everyone,

I have to implement a code with output 10, because the amount of words in the text are 10. How can I edit this code, so I get an output of 10. I cant use a loop. And can someone explain to me the split function. Did I do this right?

CodePudding user response：

def number_of_words_in(text):
    return len(text.split(" "))

text = "She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that."
x = number_of_words_in(text)
print(x)

The split-function splits the given string into a list. It takes the separator as parameter. For example, above the separator is single whitespace (which is also the default value without any parameter).

CodePudding user response：

I believe you want to do this:

def number_of_words_in(text):
    return len(text.split())

text = "She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that."
print(number_of_words_in(text))

which prints: 10.

CodePudding user response：

Split divides a string into a list where each word is a list item. The default value without any parameter is a white space.

def number_of_words_in(text):
    return len(text.split())

text = "She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that."
print(number_of_words_in(text))

CodePudding user response：

Consider using str.split inside your function:

def get_number_of_words(text: str) -> int:
    return len(text.split())

text = 'She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that.'
print(f'{text = }')
number_of_words = get_number_of_words(text)
print(f'{number_of_words = }')

Output:

text = 'She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that.'
number_of_words = 10

CodePudding user response：

def number_of_words_in(text):
  return len(text)##returns length of the array.

text="She stopped. Turned around. Oops, a bear. Just like that."
text=text.split()#Converts string into an array of words. ['She', 'stopped.', etc., etc]
print(number_of_words_in(text))

You can do it like this without using loop.