Count Number of Words in a Sentence in Python

A sample program that I wrote using Python programming language that will count the number of words in a given sentence by the user. The code is very short and very easy to understand. I hope you will find my work useful in learning Python programming.

If you have some questions please send me an email at jakerpomperada@gmail.com and jakerpomperada@yahoo.com.

My mobile number here in the Philippines is 09173084360.

Program Listing

import re

def wordcounter(words):

    list = re.findall("(\S+)", words)

    return len(list)

print("\n");

print("\t Word Counter in Python");

print("\n");

str = input('Give a sentence : ')

print("\n");

print("Total Numbers of Words is",wordcounter(str),'.')

print("\n");

print("End of Program")

print("\n");