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Quiz

#434 Number of Segments in a String

APPROACH

Given a string s, return the number of segments it contains. A segment is a maximal run of non-whitespace characters. Any amount of surrounding or separating whitespace does not count as part of a segment.

Example 1:

Input: s = "Hello, my name is John"

Output: 5

Explanation: The five segments are ["Hello,", "my", "name", "is", "John"]

Example 2:

Input: s = "Hello"

Output: 1

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