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FWordCount()

Counts the words in a text file.

Syntax

FWordCount( <cFileName> ) --> nWordCount

Arguments

<cFileName>

This is a character string holding the name of the text file whose words to count. It must include path and file extension. If the path is omitted from <cFileName>, the file is searched in the current directory.

Return

The function returns the number of words contained in a text file.

Description

The function counts the words in an ASCII text file. Words are recognized as sequences of characters delimited by blank spaces (Chr(32)).

Info

See also:	FCharCount(), FLineCount()
Category:	File functions , xHarbour extensions
Source:	rtl\fparse.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll