wordCount method

  1. @useResult
int wordCount()

Counts words using whitespace as delimiters.

Leading/trailing whitespace is trimmed. Empty string returns 0.

Example:

'hello world'.wordCount();  // 2
'  a  b  '.wordCount();    // 2

Audited: 2026-06-12 11:26 EDT

Implementation

@useResult
int wordCount() {
  if (isEmpty) return 0;
  final String trimmed = trim();
  if (trimmed.isEmpty) return 0;
  return trimmed.split(_wordBoundary).where((String s) => s.isNotEmpty).length;
}