[Tutor] wordcount.py provided exercise solution not working?

[Ludo Joris]

Hi Matt, 

You already have a text file, yoyr Python script. Do this: 

./wordcount.py --topcount wordcount.py 
# 14 
= 12 
for 10 
the 9 
and 7 
word 7 
a 6 
def 5 
in 5 
if 5 
word_count 4 
utility 3 
word/count 3 
dict 3 
this 3 
count 3 
line 3 
first 3 
word_count[word] 3 
option 3 

----- On Sep 21, 2023, at 1:33 AM, Matthew Borkenhagen <borkenhagenmatthew at gmail.com> wrote: 

> Thank you Mats, that is very helpful. Is a file provided by Google or will
> I need to create one myself? (Just use a text editor like Notepad++? Save
> it with a .txt extension?)

> Matt Borkenhagen

> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 5:10 PM Mats Wichmann <mats at wichmann.us> wrote:

> > On 9/20/23 16:41, Matthew Borkenhagen wrote:
> > > Hello,

> > > In working through Google's Python Class (
> > > https://developers.google.com/edu/python) I just ran the provided
> > solution
> > > from Google for the exercise on dicts and files: wordcount.py
> > > When I run this program while in the proper directory at the command
> > > prompt, the program only prints *this result*:

> > > *usage: ./wordcount.py {--count | --topcount} file*

> > > My question is this--Is this provided solution ever reading a file?
> > (What
> > > is the filename that it should be reading called? Where would this file
> > > be located? In the directory google-python-exercises\basic\solution or
> > > would I need to create a file myself for it to read in order to test the
> > > program?)

> > The filename is whatever you tell it. But, apparently, you *have* to
> > select one of the options too (it's not "optional").

> > def main():
> > if len(sys.argv) != 3:
> > print('usage: ./wordcount.py {--count | --topcount} file')
> > sys.exit(1)

> > option = sys.argv[1]
> > filename = sys.argv[2]

> > This says: if the script is not called with three arguments, print an
> > error message and quit. By convention, the name of the program you just
> > ran is sys.argv[0], so you have to supply two more arguments on the
> > command line. The first will be the option you selected, and the second
> > will be the filename to count the words in.


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