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number (words)
Syntax
the number of words in
chunkExpression
Description
Chunk expression; returns the number of words in the chunk expression specified by chunkExpression
.
Chunk expressions are any character, word, item, or line in any container of characters. Containers include field cast members and variables that hold strings, and specified characters, words, items, lines, and ranges in containers.
To accomplish this functionality with text cast members, see count
.
Note: The count()
function provides a more efficient alternative for determining the number of words in a chunk expression.
Example
This statement displays in the Message window the number of words in the string "Macromedia, the multimedia company":
put the number of words in "Macromedia, the multimedia company"
The result is 4.
Example
This handler reverses the order of words in the string specified by the argument wordList
:
on reverse wordList theList = EMPTY repeat with i = 1 to the number of words in wordList put word i of wordList & " " before theList end repeat delete theList.char[thelist.char.count] return theList end
See also
count()
, number (characters)
, number (items)
, number (lines)
, word...of
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