freecodecamp--freecodecamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-python/68ee9e3066cfd4eb2328e8a4.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
68ee9e3066cfd4eb2328e8a4	Challenge 85: Word Counter	29	challenge-85

--description--

Given a sentence string, return the number of words that are in the sentence.

• Words are any sequence of non-space characters and are separated by a single space.

--hints--

count_words("Hello world") should return 2.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(count_words("Hello world"), 2)`)
}})

count_words("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.") should return 9.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(count_words("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."), 9)`)
}})

count_words("I like coding challenges!") should return 4.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(count_words("I like coding challenges!"), 4)`)
}})

count_words("Complete the challenge in JavaScript and Python.") should return 7.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(count_words("Complete the challenge in JavaScript and Python."), 7)`)
}})

count_words("The missing semi-colon crashed the entire internet.") should return 7.

({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(count_words("The missing semi-colon crashed the entire internet."), 7)`)
}})

--seed--

--seed-contents--

def count_words(sentence):

    return sentence

--solutions--

def count_words(sentence):

    return len(sentence.split(' '))