Calculate Word count in String | Get Number of words in String using C#

This utility helps you to calculate number of words in a given string. This method usage the regular expression to calculate word count.

 

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns word count.
        /// </summary>
        public static int WordCount(string strToCount)
        {
            int words;

            Regex reg = new Regex(@"\w+");

            MatchCollection mc = reg.Matches(strToCount);

            if (mc.Count > 0)
                words = mc.Count;
            else
                words = 0;

            return words;
        }