Python File I/O: Count the frequency of words in a file

Python File I/O: Exercise-10 with Solution

Write a Python program to count the frequency of words in a file.

Contain of text.txt

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Sample Solution:-

Python Code:

from collections import Counter
def word_count(fname):
        with open(fname) as f:
                return Counter(f.read().split())

print("Number of words in the file :",word_count("test.txt"))

Sample Output:

Number of words in the file : Counter({'this': 7, 'Append': 5, 'text.': 5, 'text.Append': 2, 'Welcome': 1, 'to
': 1, 'w3resource.com.': 1})  

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