command-line-arguments-to-count-word

AIM:

To write a python program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.

EQUIPEMENT'S REQUIRED:

PC Anaconda - Python 3.7

ALGORITHM:

Step 1:

Import sys module

Step 2:

Open the file with sys.argv[1]

Step 3:

Use the for loop to select the content in file

Step 4:

Use split function to to separate the file content into words or strings

Step 5:

Count the length of the words using len

Step 6:

Print the number of words

PROGRAM:

Program for getting the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments
Developed by: Santhosh L
RegisterNumber: 212222100046

import sys
fp=open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
count=0
for line in fp:
    list1=line.split()
    count+=len(list1)
print("No of words in a file",count)

OUTPUT:

RESULT:

Thus the program is written to find the word count from the contents of a file using command line arguments.

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