st: number of words in a text list

From	"NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE" <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	st: number of words in a text list
Date	Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:26:25 -0700

also, is there a way to count how many WORDS are in a string without making a loop to go through the string and check that way ( I want something faster).
thanks,
Florence
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