Word count X86598

Statement

Write an integer function @word_count(s)@ that returns the number of words in string $s$ . We assume all characters of $s$ are letters and spaces. Warning: do not use the split string method.

Sample session

>>> word_count('Qui invenit amicum invenit thesaurum')
5
>>> word_count('alea iacta          est')
3
>>> word_count('KingKong')
1

Information

Author: ProAl
Language: English
Official solutions: Python
User solutions: Python