How to count the number of words in a sentence, ignoring numbers, punctuation and whitespace?

Question

How would I go about counting the words in a sentence? I\'m using Python.

For example, I might have the string:

string = \"I     am having  a   very         


        

Answer 1

You can use regex.findall():

import re
line = " I am having a very nice day."
count = len(re.findall(r'\w+', line))
print (count)