# count lines, sentences, and words of a text file
# set all the counters to zero
lines, blanklines, sentences, words = 0, 0, 0, 0
print '-' * 50
try:
# use a text file you have, or google for this one ...
filename = 'GettysburgAddress.txt'
textf = open(filename, 'r')
except IOError:
print 'Cannot open file %s for reading' % filename
import sys
sys.exit(0)
# reads one line at a time
for line in textf:
print line, # test
lines += 1
if line.startswith('\n'):
blanklines += 1
else:
# assume that each sentence ends with . or ! or ?
# so simply count these characters
sentences += line.count('.') + line.count('!') + line.count('?')
# create a list of words
# use None to split at any whitespace regardless of length
# so for instance double space counts as one space
tempwords = line.split(None)
print tempwords # test
# word total count
words += len(tempwords)
textf.close()
print '-' * 50
print "Lines : ", lines
print "Blank lines: ", blanklines
print "Sentences : ", sentences
print "Words : ", words
# optional console wait for keypress
from msvcrt import getch
getch()
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