WordCount

Returns a count of the total number of words in specified text.

Format 

WordCount ( text )

Parameters 

text - any text expression or text field

Data type returned 

number

Originated in version 

6.0 or earlier

Notes 

  • In addition to space, tab, enter, and carriage return characters, characters such as equal (=), ampersand (&), hyphen (-), and so on identify the beginning of a new word. For more information about word separators, search the Knowledge Base.

Example 1 

WordCount ( "The sun is rising." ) returns 4.

Example 2 

WordCount ( Letter ) returns the total number of words in the Letter field. If the Letter field contains the text x=y=1.5, this example returns 3 because each equal (=) character identifies the beginning of a new word.

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