? s - count the number of words in the set that start with s code example
Example 1: check how many of a word is in a string
function countOccurences(str,word)
{
// split the string by spaces in a
String a[] = str.split(",");
// search for pattern in a
int count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
{
// if match found increase count
if (word.equals(a[i]))
count++;
}
return count;
}
Example 2: how to count number of words in a string
String name = "Carmen is a fantastic play"; //arbitrary sentence
int numWords = (name.split("\\s+")).length; //split string based on whitespace
//split returns array - find legth of array
System.out.println(numWords);