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Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?
is there any way to count the words in Latex?I don't want to count it from my pdf but straight away from my main code….Thank you very much
[Tex/LaTex] Counting words in a Latex document
word count
Related Solutions
This is in the UK TeX FAQ. The solutions suggested are:
detex filename (which tries to strip LaTeX commands), then use any word count tool. (e.g.
wc)latexcount.pl, a Perl script for word count
texcount, another script even has an online interface
wordcount, which has a script that runs LaTeX with some settings, then counts word indications in the log file.
You can use texcount to count the words. It automatically produces subcounts for the sections.
Here's a new macro that calls texcount, extracts the subcount for the current section, and then inserts the word count into the document. It requires write18 to be enabled, and texcount must be in your path (or you have to include the full path to the executable in the macro).
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand\wordcount{
\immediate\write18{texcount -sub=section \jobname.tex | grep "Section" | sed -e 's/+.*//' | sed -n \thesection p > 'count.txt'}
(\input{count.txt}words)}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is placeholder text (filler text) commonly used to demonstrate the graphics elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. The lorem ipsum text is typically a section of a Latin text by Cicero with words altered, added and removed that make it nonsensical in meaning and not proper Latin.
\wordcount
\section{Main Stuff}
Even though "lorem ipsum" may arouse curiosity because of its resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have meaning. Where text is comprehensible in a document, people tend to focus on the textual content rather than upon overall presentation, so publishers use lorem ipsum when displaying a typeface or design elements and page layout in order to direct the focus to the publication style and not the meaning of the text. In spite of its basis in Latin, use of lorem ipsum is often referred to as greeking, from the phrase "it's all Greek to me," which indicates that this is not meant to be readable text.
\wordcount
\section{Conclusion}
Today's popular version of lorem ipsum was first created for Aldus Corporation's first desktop publishing program Aldus PageMaker in the mid-1980s for the Apple Macintosh. Art director Laura Perry adapted older forms of the lorem text from typography samples — it was, for example, widely used in Letraset catalogs in the 1960s and 1970s (anecdotes suggest that the original use of the "Lorem ipsum" text was by Letraset, which was used for print layouts by advertising agencies as early as the 1970s.) The text was frequently used in PageMaker templates.
\wordcount
\end{document}
Best Answer
TeXcount might be of some help to you. Also look at this answer.