programming-examples/c-sharp/Strings/C# Sharp to count the total number of words in a string.cs

using System;
public class Exercise4
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string str;
        int i, wrd,l;
        Console.Write("\n\nCount the total number of words in a string :\n");
        Console.Write("------------------------------------------------------\n");
        Console.Write("Input the string : ");
        str = Console.ReadLine();
        l = 0;
        wrd = 1;
        /* loop till end of string */
        while (l <= str.Length - 1)
            {
                /* check whether the current character is white space or new line or tab character*/
                if(str[l]==' ' || str[l]=='\n' || str[l]=='\t')
                    {
                        wrd++;
                    }
                l++;
            }
        Console.Write("Total number of words in the string is : {0}\n", wrd);
    }
}