Count Words in File in Java: Explanation & Practice

Count total words in a file

Problem summary

Write a program that counts all words in a text file.

Starter code

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Count words in file
        // Print: Word count: <count>
    }
}

Expected output and test cases

10 words in file
```
Word count: 10
```
Larger file
```
Word count: 100
```
Empty file
```
Word count: 0
```

Hints

Split each line by whitespace
Sum word counts from all lines
Handle empty lines

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