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Python Program to Calculate the Number of Words and the Number of Characters Present in a String
When it is required to calculate the number of words and characters present in a string,
Below is the demonstration of the same
Example
my_string = "Hi there, how are you Will ? "
print("The string is :")
print(my_string)
my_chars=0
my_words=1
for i in my_string:
my_chars=my_chars+1
if(i==' '):
my_words=my_words+1
print("The number of words in the string are :")
print(my_words)
print("The number of characters in the string are :")
print(my_chars)Output
The string is : Hi there, how are you Will ? The number of words in the string are : 8 The number of characters in the string are : 29
Explanation
A string is defined, and is displayed on the console.
The number of characters is assigned to 0.
The number of words is assigned to 1.
The string is iterated over, and the character variable is incremented.
If a space is encountered, then the word count is also incremented.
These values are displayed on the console.
Updated on: 16-Apr-2021
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