Count the number of all words in a string

Count the number of all words in a string

Function:

nwords <- function(string, pseudo=F){
  ifelse( pseudo, 
          pattern <- "\\S+", 
          pattern <- "[[:alpha:]]+" 
        )
  str_count(string, pattern)
}

Usage:

nwords("one,   two three 4,,,, 5 6")
# 3

nwords("one,   two three 4,,,, 5 6", pseudo=T)
# 6

Output:

3
6