title: Counting number of words in C#
body: <p>I'm trying to count the number of words from a rich textbox in C# the code that I have below only works if it is a single line. How do I do this without relying on regex or any other special functions. </p>
  
  <pre><code>string whole_text = richTextBox1.Text;
  string trimmed_text = whole_text.Trim();
  string[] split_text = trimmed_text.Split(' ');
  int space_count = 0;
  string new_text = "";
  
  foreach(string av in split_text)
  {
      if (av == "")
      {
          space_count++;
      }
      else 
      { 
          new_text = new_text  + av + ",";
      }
  }
  
  new_text = new_text.TrimEnd(',');
  split_text = new_text.Split(',');
  MessageBox.Show(split_text.Length.ToString ());
  </code></pre>