How to count words within a text string?

Question

On iOS, how can I count words within a specific text string?

Answer 1

I think this method is better:

__block int wordCount = 0;
NSRange range = {0,self.text.length };
[self.text enumerateSubstringsInRange:range options:NSStringEnumerationByWords usingBlock:^(NSString *substring, NSRange substringRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL *stop) {
    wordCount++;
}];

As a reference check the video of the session 215 of the WWDC 2012: Text and Linguistic Analysis by Douglas Davidson