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+public class CountNumberOfWordsInString {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		
+		countNumberOfWords("My name is Pankaj");
+		countNumberOfWords("I Love Java Programming");
+		countNumberOfWords(" This	is  not   properly formatted		line ");
+
+	}
+
+	private static void countNumberOfWords(String line) {
+		//System.out.println(line.split(" ").length); //won't work with tabs and multiple spaces
+		
+		String trimmedLine = line.trim();
+		int count = trimmedLine.isEmpty() ? 0 : trimmedLine.split("\\s+").length;
+		
+		System.out.println(count);
+	}
+
+}