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---
title: countwords
description: Counts the number of words in a string.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [counting, word count]
signature: ["countwords INPUT"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [countrunes]
deprecated: false
aliases: [/functions/countwords/]
---

The template function works similar to the [.WordCount page variable][pagevars].

```
{{ "Hugo is a static site generator." | countwords }}
<!-- outputs a content length of 6 words.  -->
```


[pagevars]: /variables/page/
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			`title: countwords`
			`description: Counts the number of words in a string.`
			`godocref:`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
			`menu:`
			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
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			`The template function works similar to the [.WordCount page variable][pagevars].`

			```
			`{{ "Hugo is a static site generator." \| countwords }}`
			`<!-- outputs a content length of 6 words. -->`
			```


			`[pagevars]: /variables/page/`