Problem 161929 · easy · Phase 01 Prerequisites & Setup

Word Counter

strings · split · len

Return the number of words in the text s. Words are separated by one or more spaces; there may also be spaces at the beginning or end. A string with no words gives 0.

Examples

Input:  s = "the cat sat"
Output: 3

Input:  s = "   spaced    out  "
Output: 2

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(s) <= 5000
  • s may contain letters, digits, spaces and punctuation

Goals

  • Split on whitespace
  • Count the resulting words
  • Handle leading, trailing and repeated spaces
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