Word counting in HTML using regular expressions

Question

This is the same problem as this. But since I'm not using javascript, "innerText" is not a solution for me and I want to know if a regex can combine /(<.*?>)/g and >/\S+/g without going through a bunch of characters String operations can be used to obtain the actual number of words. The language I'm using here is Dart, if a solution I haven't found already exists in it, that might also serve as an answer. Thanks! EDIT: Someone edited the tag? This question is not Dart specific, but about regular expressions,

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Assuming all text is contained within HTML elements, you can use (?<=>|\s)[^<\s>='"] ?(?=<|\s ).

Using strings

One

Two three, four. Five

Six

There are six games.

Notice:

It uses backward groups, but not all browsers support this group.
Punctuation marks at the end of words are grouped with them, such as "three", so keep this in mind if you plan on using actual words rather than just counting.