Word count

The example shows you how to open a document and count number of words.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            string text = doc.ToText();

            string[] separator = new string[] { " ", "\r\n", "\t" };

            string[] words = text.Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            Console.WriteLine("Word count = " + words.Length);
            Console.Read();

        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim doc As New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        Dim text As String = doc.ToText()

        Dim separator As String() = New String() {" ", "" & Chr(13) & "" & Chr(10) & "", "" & Chr(9) & ""}

        Dim words As String() = text.Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)

        Console.WriteLine("Word count = " & words.Length)
        Console.Read()

    End Sub
End Module

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