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Count Words

Time for our first bit of data analysis! Let's count the words in the book.

Splitting a String

The str.split() method splits a string on whitespace characters like spaces and line breaks by default. It's an easy (though not entirely accurate) way to break a string into a list of words.

words = "Books are fun".split()
print(len(words))
# 3

The len() function then gives a word count.

Assignment

Write a function that accepts the book's text as a string and returns its word count as an integer.
Instead of printing the book's contents, print this message:
```
Found {num_words} total words
```
Replace {num_words} with the book's actual word count.

Run and submit the CLI tests from the root of your project.