Word Count?

[osgaldor]

Does N++ currently have a word count function? I like to use the editor to help me flesh out story ideas and a word count function would be very helpful for me. If there is not specifically defined function like this, is it possible to simulate it?

[Coises]

Edit: See correct answer in Alan’s reply.

No built-in function, but this should work:

Select Search | Find…

Enter:
Find what: \b\w+\b
and be sure Regular expression is selected at the bottom;
then click Count.

Potential errors in this method: Words with internal hyphens, apostrophes, diagonals or other punctuation will be counted as multiple words. Numbers will be counted as words; if they contain commas or periods, as multiple words.

Edit:

I made that more difficult than necessary.
Find what: \S+
works by counting every string of characters that doesn’t include a space or a line break as a word. That’s probably what you want. (Note that is a capital S.)

[Mark Olson]

See my response to issue #1336 , which is the Notepad++ issue in which someone first asked for such a feature.

[Alan Kilborn]

@osgaldor

A count of words is available in the View menu’s Summary command.

[guy038]

Hi, @osgaldor, @coises, @mark-olson, @alan-kilborn and All,

@mark-olson, I suppose that, in your recent wordcount.py script, on GitHub, the part :

    curline = editor.lineFromPosition(curloc)
    curcol = editor.getColumn(curloc) 

should be changed as :

    curline = editor.lineFromPosition(curloc) + 1
    curcol = editor.getColumn(curloc) + 1

Best Regards,

guy038