count-words(2)

NAME

count-words - Count the number of words in a region

SYNOPSIS

count-words (esc C-c)

DESCRIPTION

count-words Counts the number of words between the set-mark(2) position and the current cursor position. The command also gives statistics on the number of characters and the average characters per word. The output appears on the message line in a format such as:-

54 Words, 345 Chars, 8 Lines

$result(5) is set to the same output string.

SEE ALSO

$result(5), buffer-info(2), set-mark(2).

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Last Modified: 2009/08/29
Generated On: 2009/10/12