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How to Estimate Token Count in Python

Estimates tokens in a text string using a whitespace and punctuation heuristic without external libraries.

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def estimate_tokens(text: str) -> int:
    """Estimate token count using whitespace and punctuation heuristics."""
    if not text:
        return 0

    words = text.split()
    total_punctuation = sum(1 for char in text if char in ".,!?;:")
    special_tokens = sum(1 for char in text if char in "\n\t")

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