Python File I/O: Takes a text file as input and returns the number of words of a given text file

Python File I/O: Exercise-18 with Solution

Write a Python program that takes a text file as input and returns the number of words of a given text file.

Note: Some words can be separated by a comma with no space.

words.txt:
Write a Python program that accept some words and count the number of distinct words. Print the number of distinct words and number of occurrences for each distinct word according to their appearance.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

def count_words(filepath):
   with open(filepath) as f:
       data = f.read()
       data.replace(",", " ")
       return len(data.split(" "))
print(count_words("words.txt"))

Sample Output:

33

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