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# count_words

This is used to count the number of words in a variable.

Example 5-7. count_words
`<?php $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Dealers Will Hear Car Talk at Noon.'); ?>`
Where template is:
    {$articleTitle}
    {$articleTitle|count_words}
This will output:
    Dealers Will Hear Car Talk at Noon.
    7

See also `count_characters`, `count_paragraphs` and `count_sentences`.

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