Word count

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Setup

const text = new Array(10000).fill("word").join(" ")

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Split
const regexp = /\s+/;
const count = text.split(regexp).length

console.log("Split", count)
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Regexp Iterator
const regexp = /\w+/g;
let count = 0;
text.matchAll(regexp).forEach(() => count++ )

console.log("Iterator", count)
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Regexp Match
const regexp = /[^\s\u200b]+/g;
const match = text.match(regexp)
const count = match ? match.length : 0

console.log("Match", count)
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Sticky Regexp
const regexp = /\s*[^\s\u200b]+/y;
let count = 0;
while (regexp.exec(text) !== null){ count ++ }

console.log("Sticky", count)
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Words
const regexp = /\s*\w+/y;
let count = 0;
while (regexp.exec(text) !== null){ count ++ }

console.log("StickyWords", count)
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