Re: st: number of words in a text list

["NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE" <neymotin@calmail.berkeley.edu>]

I don't see that function... where can I find it?
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:52:00 -0400
 "Eric G. Wruck" <ewruck@econalytics.com> wrote:
> How about the wordcount() function.  Here's an example:
>
>
> . gen wordcount = wordcount(locations)
>
> . l
>
>     +----------------------------------------------------------------+
>     |                                           locations   wordco~t |
>     |----------------------------------------------------------------|
>  1. |                     Alabama Delaware Kansas Wyoming          4 |
>  2. |                Marburg Hachborn Hindelang Oldenburg          4 |
>  3. | Rochester Ithaca Cambridge Wellesley Gahanna Bexley          6 |
>     +----------------------------------------------------------------+
>
>
> Later,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> > 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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