InterviewDigestTechnical2026-08-16
Count the number of words in a sentence containing special symbols like ',', '-', or numbers.
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Given a string containing alphanumeric characters, spaces, and special symbols such as commas or hyphens, write a function that returns the total count of distinct words. Define a word as a contiguous sequence of alphabetic characters, ensuring that numbers and punctuation marks are excluded from the count and do not split a single word into multiple parts.
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