string length not count n javascript code example

Example 1: javascript string lentrh

var myString = "string test";
var stringLength = myString.length;

console.log(stringLength); // Will return 11 because myString 
// 							  is 11 characters long...

Example 2: how to check how many strings are in a sentence javascript

function WordCounter (str) {
	var words = str.split(" ").length;
	return words;
}
// this should work!