Word Count in Java

A program that I wrote in Java that will ask the user to enter a sentence and then our program will count the number of words in a given sentence.

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Thank you very much and Happy Programming.

Sample Program Output

Program Listing

/* word_count.java */

/* Written By: Mr. Jake R. Pomperada, MAED-IT */

/* July 15, 2015 */

/* This program will count the number of words in a given sentence by the user */

import java.util.Scanner;

class word_count {

    

    private static int word_count(String phrase)

    {

    if (phrase == null)

       return 0;

    return phrase.trim().split("\\s+").length;

    }

public static void main(String args[])

   {

      String words;

      char ch;

      do {

          Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

          System.out.println();

          System.out.print("\t WORD COUNT PROGRAM ");

          System.out.println("\n");

          System.out.print("Kindly enter a word :=> ");

          words= input.nextLine();

          System.out.println();

          System.out.print("The total number of words is " + word_count(words) +".");

          System.out.println();

          System.out.print("\nDo you want to continue (Type y or n) : ");

          ch = input.next().charAt(0);                        

     } while (ch == 'Y'|| ch == 'y');  

          System.out.println();

          System.out.print("\t THANK YOU FOR USING THIS PROGRAM");

          System.out.println("\n\n");    

   }

}