To write a python program for getting the word count from a file.

PC Anaconda - Python 3.7

Open the file in read mode and handle it in text mode.

Read the text using read() function.

Split the text using space separator. We assume that words in a sentence are separated by a space character.

The length of the split list should equal the number of words in the text file.

You can refine the count by cleaning the string prior to splitting or validating the words after splitting.

End the program.

## DEVELOPED BY: Sudharshna Lakshmi.S
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num_words =0
file1 = open("text.txt", "r")
print(file1.read())

with open('text.txt','r') as file1:
    for i in file1:
        word =i.split()
        num_words += len(word)
print("Number of words={}".format(num_words))

Thus the program is written to find the word count from a file.