Level 1 · Question 3

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THE QUESTION

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Create a function that takes a string  and returns the number of words in that string (a ‘word’ is
defined by any character separated by ‘punctuation’)
punctuation = [' ', ',', '.', '!', '?', '-']
Input:
string1 = "AH-pateu apateu, apateu apateu, apateu apateu, ugh, ahah
ahah!"

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Your output

Split on the specified punctuation and count non-empty words.

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Expected output

Source: GIC 2025 Intermediate Questions and the supplied Intermediate answer key, March 2025 archive.