Word Count

NathanDorsch

Is there a way to create a field or value that identifies the number of words in a field? Preferably ETL, but Beastmode if necessary.

GrantSmith

It will count them as separate words.

You could utilize a regexp_replace to condense all multi-spaces to a single space.

LENGTH(`field`) - LENGTH(REPLACE(REGEX_REPLACE(`field`, ' +', ' '), ' ', '')) + 1

GrantSmith

If you're considering a word as a number of characters separated by a space you can do something like this with a formula tile:

LENGTH(`field`) - LENGTH(REPLACE(`field`, ' ', '')) + 1

This will count the number of spaces in your field

NathanDorsch

thanks. How will that handle double spaces? Will it count a double or triple (etc.) space as a single space?

GrantSmith

It will count them as separate words.

You could utilize a regexp_replace to condense all multi-spaces to a single space.

LENGTH(`field`) - LENGTH(REPLACE(REGEX_REPLACE(`field`, ' +', ' '), ' ', '')) + 1

NathanDorsch

solid. Thanks man.