count_tokens {TheOpenAIR}

Count the number of tokens in a text string

Description

This function takes a file path, URL or character string as input and returns the number of tokens in the text. Tokens are defined as words and/or special characters.

Usage

count_tokens(text)

Arguments

text

A file path, URL or character string representing the text to be tokenized.

Value

An integer representing the number of tokens in the text.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Example 1: File path
test_file_path <- tempfile()
writeLines("This is a test.", test_file_path)
expect_equal(count_tokens(test_file_path), 5)
file.remove(test_file_path)

# Example 2: URL
url <- "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-0.txt"
count_tokens(url)

# Example 3: Character string
text <- "This is a test string."
count_tokens(text)

## End(Not run)