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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+use feature 'say';
+
+my $string = $ARGV[0];
+
+die "Please enter a string with alteast three words.\n" unless $string;
+
+my @whole_string = split ' ', $string;
+
+die "String should have atleast three words.\n" unless (scalar @whole_string >= 3);
+
+##Remove first and last words from string with space
+$string =~ s/^\S+\s*//;
+$string =~ s/\s*\S+$//;
+
+my @taken = split ' ', $string;
+
+say "Taken words:\n".Dumper(\@taken);
+
+my $count = 0;
+
+foreach my $w ( @taken ) {
+    my @n = split //, $w;
+    $count += @n; 
+}
+
+say "Count : $count";