WordCount

PHP has a function called str_word_count() which allows you to count the number of words in a string, and an array or associative array of those words. Unfortunately for us, ASP doesn't support optional parameters, so we can't duplicate all of this functionality in a single function, so we'll just concentrate on the main feature of counting the number of words.

ASP

1. function WordCount(byVal someString)
2.     dim position
3.     dim spaces
5.     spaces = 1
6.     someString = trim(someString)
8.     for position = 1 to len(someString)
9.         if mid(someString, position, 1) = " " and not mid(someString, position - 1, 1) = " " then
10.             spaces = spaces + 1
11.         end if
12.     next
14.     WordCount = spaces
15. end function

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