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word count of all files in directory

Yash Jha answered on September 4, 2022 Popularity 4/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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word count of all files in directory

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Function GETWORDCOUNT()
    
    Dim FD As FileDialog
    
    Dim DocSource As Document

    Dim totalWordCount As Long
    
    Dim preWordCount As Long
    
    Dim newWordCount As Long
    
    Set FD = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    
    With FD
        
        .Title = "Select the folder that contains the documents."
        
        If .Show = -1 Then
            
            strFolder = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
            
        Else
            
            MsgBox "You did not select a folder."
            
            Exit Function
            
        End If
        
    End With
    
    strFile = Dir$(strFolder & "*.doc")

    totalWordCount = 0
    preWordCount = 0
    newWordCount = 0
    
    While strFile <> ""
        
        Set DocSource = Documents.Open(strFolder & strFile)
        
        newWordCount = CInt(DocSource.Words.Count)
        totalWordCount = newWordCount + preWordCount
        preWordCount = totalWordCount
        
        DocSource.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
        
        strFile = Dir$()
        
    Wend
    
    GETWORDCOUNT = CLng(totalWordCount)
    
End Function

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