Number of words in a string in python

Question

I want to write a code that will take the number of words in a string. The thing is between two words may be more than one space.
Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

take in the string using input() and split it using:

lst = your_text.split()

do not use anything as argument in split(). this handles multiple consecutive spaces as one space. the splitted words will be stored in a list.
to get the number of words, use len() function.

happy coding and good success!

Answer 2

Your question is not entirely clear to me. If you want to get the first and last words from a string, you can do it with the following way.

>>> s = input() # example
Get the first and last words
>>> s = s.split()
>>> first, last = s[0], s[-1]
>>> first
'Get'
>>> last
'words'