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Apr 26, 2005, 7:49 PM
hmc
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Apr 26, 2005, 7:49 PM
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total word in description
Its possible to count total words in description and print it like global?

for example: this description has 500 word.

guys, please help to write the global.
Apr 27, 2005, 12:15 AM
Andy
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Apr 27, 2005, 12:15 AM
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Re: [hmc] total word in description In reply to
Hi,

Something like this will give a rough word count;

Code:
sub {
my @desc = split / /, $_[0];
$#desc ? return $#desc : return 0;
}

..and then call with <%global_name($Description)%>.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Apr 27, 2005, 1:19 AM
VishalT
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Apr 27, 2005, 1:19 AM
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Re: [Andy] total word in description In reply to
I am also going to test this out..

Thank Andy (again)

Vishal

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Apr 27, 2005, 4:08 AM
hmc
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Apr 27, 2005, 4:08 AM
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Re: [SWDevil.Com] total word in description In reply to
working!