public class CountwordsinFile { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{ String line = null; File file = new File("C:Hello.txt"); FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(file); BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader); int countWords = 0; do { line = bufferedReader.readLine(); countWords += line.split(" ").length; } while(line != null); } }