Title: How to count the number of words in a string
function Seps(As_Arg: Char): Boolean;
begin
Seps := As_Arg in
[#0..#$1F, ' ', '.', ',', '?', ':', ';', '(', ')', '/', '\'];
end;
function WordCount(CText: string): Longint;
var
Ix: Word;
Work_Count: Longint;
begin
Work_Count := 0;
Ix := 1;
while Ix = Length(CText) do
begin
while (Ix = Length(CText)) and (Seps(CText[Ix])) do
Inc(Ix);
if Ix = Length(CText) then
begin
Inc(Work_Count);
while (Ix = Length(CText)) and (not Seps(CText[Ix])) do
Inc(Ix);
end;
end;
Word_Count := Work_Count;
end;
To count the number opf words in a TMemo Component,
call: WordCount(Memo1.Text)