I'm trying to complete a simple word-count program, which keeps track of the number of words, characters, and lines in a connected file.
# This program counts the number of lines, words, and characters in a file, entered by the user.
# The file is test text from a standard lorem ipsum generator.
import string
def wc():
# Sets the count of normal lines, words, and characters to 0 for proper iterative operation.
lines = 0
words = 0
chars = 0
print("This program will count the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.")
# Stores a variable as a string for more graceful coding and no errors experienced previously.
filename =("test.txt")
# Opens file and stores it as new variable, and loops through each line once the connection with file is made.
with open(filename, 'r') as fileObject:
for l in fileObject:
# Splits text file into each individual word for word count.
words = l.split()
lines += 1
words += len(words)
chars += len(l)
print("Lines:", lines)
print("Words:", words)
print("Characters:", chars)
wc()
while 1:
pass
Now, if all goes well, it should be printing the total number of lines, letters, and words in the file, but all I get is this message:
"words += len(words) TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable "
What is wrong?
SOLVED! New code:
# This program counts the number of lines, words, and characters in a file, entered by the user.
# The file is test text from a standard lorem ipsum generator.
import string
def wc():
# Sets the count of normal lines, words, and characters to 0 for proper iterative operation.
lines = 0
words = 0
chars = 0
print("This program will count the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.")
# Stores a variable as a string for more graceful coding and no errors experienced previously.
filename =("test.txt")
# Opens file and stores it as new variable, and loops through each line once the connection with file is made.
with open(filename, 'r') as fileObject:
for l in fileObject:
# Splits text file into each individual word for word count.
wordsFind = l.split()
lines += 1
words += len(wordsFind)
chars += len(l)
print("Lines:", lines)
print("Words:", words)
print("Characters:", chars)
wc()
while 1:
pass
It looks like you're using the variable name words
for your count, and also for the result of l.split()
. You need to differentiate these by using different variable names for them.
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