How to display the number of comments without text ("comments") in a WordPress template using standard methods?

Question

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In my template, each article should display the number of comments. I deduced according to the instructions using comments_popup_link(); . Yes, it displays comments, but as I understand it, only with text ("1 comment") . In my case, I need to display only the number of comments, without the following text.
There is such a way: get_comments_number(); , but it says something about notifications and pings.
Therefore, I want to learn from knowledgeable people how to display the number of comments correctly.

Answer 1

<?php comments_number($zero, $one, $more); ?>
$zero - the text that will be shown if there are no comments.
$one - if there is only 1 comment.
$more - if there are more than 1 comments.
If you only need the number of comments as a digit:
<?php comments_number('0', '1', '%'); ?>