[R] Number of words in a string

[Shubha Vishwanath Karanth]

To put in more general,

C=c("My Dog", "Its really good", "Beautiful")

And the resultant output should be
[1] 2 3 1

...the number of words....

Thank you...
Shubha Karanth | Amba Research
Ph +91 80 3980 8031 | Mob +91 94 4886 4510 
Bangalore * Colombo * London * New York * San José * Singapore * www.ambaresearch.com

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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Shubha Vishwanath Karanth
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:51 PM
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Subject: [R] Number of words in a string

Hi R,

 

A quick question: How do we find the number of words in a string?

 

Example:

C="Have a nice day"

 

And the number of words should be 4. any built in function or?...

 

Thanks, Shubha

Shubha Karanth | Amba Research

Ph +91 80 3980 8031 | Mob +91 94 4886 4510 

Bangalore * Colombo * London * New York * San José * Singapore * www.ambaresearch.com

 

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