diff --git a/countwords.java b/countwords.java
index 78f6eb2bd..a1d4d72db 100644
--- a/countwords.java
+++ b/countwords.java
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
+import java.util.Scanner;
 class CountTheWords
 {
-    public static void main(String[] args)
+    public static void main(String args[])
     {
         System.out.println("Enter the string");
- 
         Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
- 
         String s=sc.nextLine();
- 
-        int count = 1;
- 
-        for (int i = 0; i < s.length()-1; i++)
+         int count = 1;
+         for (int i = 0; i < s.length()-1; i++)
         {
             if((s.charAt(i) == ' ') && (s.charAt(i+1) != ' '))
             {
-                count++;
+                 count++;
             }
         }
- 
-        System.out.println("Number of words in a string = "+count);
+        System.out.println("Number of words in the string = "+count);
     }
 }
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