Question

Write a function called "wc", which stands for word count (a unix utility). wc takes one string as input, which should be the name of a text file. wc prints on one line, the number of lines, the number of words, and the number of characters in the file (three numbers separated by tabs). Hint: Use word_count as a subroutine; and \t gives the tab character.

(The code is to be written in python)

Answer 1

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Code:

def wc(file):

    numberOfLetters =0

    numberOfWords = 0

    numberOfLines =0

    #read file line by line

    for line in file:

        #incremented the numberOfLines by 1

        numberOfLines +=1

        #split the line to get words

        words = line.strip().split()

        #update the count of words

        numberOfWords += len(words)

        #inside each word count the letters and update the count of letters

        for word in words:

            for letter in word:

                numberOfLetters +=1

    #print the output in one line seperated by tab

    print("{}\t{}\t{}".format(numberOfLines,numberOfWords,numberOfLetters))

#main driver program

file = open("input.txt")

wc(file)

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Output: