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$MyString.words(N)
returns the first N words of a string. If the string has fewer than N words, returns the entire string. If N is negative, it returns -N words from the end of the string. If $MyString is "Romans, they go house?".
$MyString = $MyString.words(2);
returns "Romans, they".
$MyString = $MyString.words(-1);
returns "house?". Note that punctuation contiguous to words gets passed through as part of the returned word(s).