functx:word-count

The number of words

Description

The functx:word-count function returns the number of words in a string(or node that is atomized). Word boundaries are determined by the definition of “word characters” in Unicode. If $arg is the empty sequence, it returns zero.

Parameters

Description

arg:string()

Examples

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Results

functx:word-count(‘hello there world’)

3

functx:word-count(’ hello world ‘)

2

functx:word-count(‘a.b.c’)

3

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