flatpress/fp-includes/smarty-4.3.1/docs/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-count-sentences.md
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# count_sentences
This is used to count the number of sentences in a variable. A sentence
being delimited by a dot, question- or exclamation-mark (.?!).
## Basic usage
```smarty
{$myVar|count_sentences}
```
## Examples
```php
<?php
$smarty->assign('articleTitle',
'Two Soviet Ships Collide - One Dies.
Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe.'
);
```
Where template is:
```smarty
{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_sentences}
```
Will output:
```
Two Soviet Ships Collide - One Dies. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe.
2
```
See also [`count_characters`](language-modifier-count-characters.md),
[`count_paragraphs`](language-modifier-count-paragraphs.md) and
[`count_words`](language-modifier-count-words.md).