Word Count

NathanDorsch
NathanDorsch Member
in Magic ETL

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.

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  • GrantSmith
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    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
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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach

    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

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

  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach
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    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
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  • NathanDorsch
    NathanDorsch Member

    solid. Thanks man.

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