[Tutor] counting in a file

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> I'm trying to count the number of times a word occurs in a file. 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Try checking out the case study in my tutorial.
Also consider the xreadlines() function instead of readlines()

BTW, I assume you mean the string.split() function not the 
string.strip() function as used in your post?

Alan g.
Author of the 'Learning to Program' web site
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