Word Count Algorithm in C#

Question

I am looking for a good word count class or function. When I copy and paste something from the internet and compare it with my custom word count algorithm and MS Word it is

Answer 1

You also need to check for newlines, tabs, and non-breaking spaces. I find it best to copy the source text into a StringBuilder and replace all newlines, tabs, and sentence ending characters with spaces. Then split the string based on spaces.