Is there any way to get the total number of words that is in a text file without looping through each line and breaking it down into words and keeping track of that number with a counter variable? Something like dividing the size of the file with the size of a string?
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How long is a word? Find that value, then you can divide the file size.
Otherwise, you're stuck with counting.
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That's like asking if there's a way to win the lottery without buying a ticket for every single combination of numbers.
> Something like dividing the size of the file with the size of a string?
I'm sure you can come up with an approximate answer. It depends what you intend to do with the result.
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