Java word count program

Question

I am trying to make a program on word count which I have partially made and it is giving the correct result but the moment I enter space or more than one space in the string

Answer 1

To count specified words only like John, John99, John_John and John's only. Change regex according to yourself and count the specified words only.

    public static int wordCount(String content) {
        int count = 0;
        String regex = "([a-zA-Z_’][0-9]*)+[\\s]*";     
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(content);
        while(matcher.find()) {
            count++;
            System.out.println(matcher.group().trim()); //If want to display the matched words
        }
        return count;
    }