string words count in java code example

Example 1: count the number of words in a string java

public static void main(String[] args)
    { 
        //return the number of words in a string 
        
       String example = "This is a good exercise"; 
       
       int length = example.split(" ").length;
       
       System.out.println("The string is " + length + " words long.");
        
        
    }

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);