def word_count(string):
# Here we are removing the spaces from start and end,
# and breaking every word whenever we encounter a space
# and storing them in a list. The len of the list is the
# total count of words.
return(len(string.strip().split(" ")))
string="Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language"
print("'{}'".format(string),"has total words:",count_words(string))
string2=" Hi. My name is Ashwini "
print("'{}'".format(string2),"has total words:",word_count(string2))