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+
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class WordCount {
+  
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        System.out.print("Please enter a string: ");
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+        String string = reader.readLine();
+        
+        String[] words = string.split("\\s+"); // match one or more spaces
+        
+        System.out.println("\""+string+"\""+" has "+words.length+" words");
+        System.out.println("The words are, ");
+        for(int i =0;i<words.length;i++) {
+            System.out.println(words[i]);
+        }
+    }
+}