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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 7bafc8f0cb0..5442e0b26da 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-11-13 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> + + * simple.el (count-words-region): New function. + 2010-11-12 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> * shell.el (shell-dir-cookie-re): New custom variable. diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 510fb4a3b23..55118553fbf 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -973,6 +973,21 @@ rather than line counts." (re-search-forward "[\n\C-m]" nil 'end (1- line)) (forward-line (1- line))))) +(defun count-words-region (start end) + "Print the number of words in the region. +When called interactively, the word count is printed in echo area." + (interactive "r") + (let ((count 0)) + (save-excursion + (save-restriction + (narrow-to-region start end) + (goto-char (point-min)) + (while (forward-word 1) + (setq count (1+ count))))) + (if (interactive-p) + (message "Region has %d words" count)) + count)) + (defun count-lines-region (start end) "Print number of lines and characters in the region." (interactive "r") |