a_string = "you string here"
word_list = a_string.split()
number_of_words = len(word_list)
print(number_of_words)public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.println("Simple Java Word Count Program");
String str1 = "Today is Holdiay Day";
String[] wordArray = str1.trim().split("\\s+");
int wordCount = wordArray.length;
System.out.println("Word count is = " + wordCount);
}
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);