How can i count the word in a cell.

Question

Dear Experts,
i want to count the word in cell how can i do this ?
Isthere any function ?
plz give logic or command.

Answer 1

You can ty :
SQL> var text varchar2(50)
SQL> exec :text := 'How do I count the number of words in my cell?'
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select text,
  2         sum(case when substr(text,rownum,1)=' '
  3                       and substr(text,rownum-1,1)!=' '
  4                  then 1
  5                  else 0 end) nb_word
  6  from (select rownum,:text||' ' text,length(:text) ln from dual)
  7  connect by level <= ln+1
  8  group by text
  9  /
TEXT
   NB_WORD
How do I count the number of words in my cell?
        11
SQL>  exec :text := 'How     do I count the number of words in my   cell?    '
BEGIN :text := 'How     do I count the number of words in my   cell?    '; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL> var text varchar2(1000)
SQL> exec :text := 'How     do I count the number of words in my   cell?    '
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select text,
  2         sum(case when substr(text,rownum,1)=' '
  3                       and substr(text,rownum-1,1)!=' '
  4                  then 1
  5                  else 0 end) nb_word
  6  from (select rownum,:text||' ' text,length(:text) ln from dual)
  7  connect by level <= ln+1
  8  group by text
  9  /
TEXT
   NB_WORD
How     do I count the number of words in my   cell?
        11
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum=1;
BANNER
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production
SQL> Nicolas.
Well, we can discuss about what limit a word : here space, but there is point, double-point, and so on... And about what is a word : do the punctuation is a word ?
For example :
"It's a word !"=>how many words are in this sentence ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
Message was edited by:
N. Gasparotto