everyutil/string/countWords.js

A comprehensive library of lightweight, reusable utility functions for JavaScript and TypeScript, designed to streamline common programming tasks such as string manipulation, array processing, date handling, and more.

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
exports.countWords = void 0;
/**
 * Counts words in a string (by whitespace or punctuation).
 * @author @dailker
 * @param {string} str
 * @param {'whitespace'|'punctuation'} [mode='whitespace']
 * @returns {number}
 */
function countWords(str, mode = 'whitespace') {
    if (mode === 'punctuation') {
        return (str.match(/\b\w+\b/g) || []).length;
    }
    return (str.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)).length;
}
exports.countWords = countWords;