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TextWords

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TextWords["string"]

gives a list of the runs of characters identified as words in string.

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TextWords["string",n]

gives the first n words in string.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)Summary of the most common use cases

Segment a string into a list of words:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-lrlrk0
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-g8ugv2
Out[2]=2

TextWords separates words by punctuation as well as whitespace:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-54wi3r
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-xe5kog
Out[2]=2

Get the first 10 words in a block of text:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-kzsd2t
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-dzpklh
Out[2]=2

Scope  (3)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

TextWords preserves hyphenation:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-frgykc
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-624a3k
Out[2]=2

Titles, currencies and other syntactic units are segmented as separate words:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-7phkzv
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-jvc64b
Out[2]=2
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-jmshtq
Out[3]=3

Get a list of words from a ContentObject:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-jqnw9i
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-ep0rb7
Out[2]=2

Applications  (1)Sample problems that can be solved with this function

Make a WordCloud of words from a poem:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-n0u4pu
Out[1]=1

Properties & Relations  (2)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions

TextWords is equivalent to TextCases[…,"Word"]:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-ftayor
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-kr3x0l
Out[2]=2

TextStructure splits texts into the same words:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-x2sjvp
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-baxsvs
Out[2]=2

Possible Issues  (1)Common pitfalls and unexpected behavior

Words returned by TextWords are identified structurally, and may not be dictionary words:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-lljvav
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cg4efaic-hnnm2n
Out[2]=2
Wolfram Research (2015), TextWords, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html (updated 2016).
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Wolfram Research (2015), TextWords, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html (updated 2016).

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), TextWords, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html (updated 2016).

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Wolfram Research (2015), TextWords, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html (updated 2016).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "TextWords." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2015. "TextWords." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). TextWords. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html

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Wolfram Language. (2015). TextWords. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_textwords, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TextWords}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_textwords, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TextWords}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_textwords, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TextWords}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_textwords, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TextWords}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TextWords.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025 ]}