Question

Write a program that prompts the user for a file name, make sure the file exists and then reads through the file, counts the number of times each word appears and outputs the word count in a sorted order from high to low.

The program should:

• Display a message stating its goal
• Prompt the user to enter a file name
• Check that the file can be opened and if not ask the user to try again (hint: use the try/except structure)
• Count the number of times each word appears in the file, regardless if in lowercase or uppercase (hint: use dictionaries and the lower() function)
• Display the word count in order from high to low
• Bonus: if a few words have the same count, sort the display in an alphabetic order
• For example, for the attached file NYT2.txt, the top five words in the output should be

the - 7

in - 6

to - 5

and - 4

of - 4

File Name: NYT2.txt

File Content:

Fact-Checking Trump’s Orlando Rally: Russia, the Wall and Tax Cuts
President Trump delivered remarks in Florida in a formal start to his re-election effort.
Deutsche Bank Faces Criminal Investigation for Potential Money-Laundering Lapses        
Federal authorities are focused on whether the bank complied with anti-money-laundering laws, including in its review of transactions linked to Jared Kushner.
Five NY1 Anchorwomen Sue Cable Channel for Age and Gender Discrimination
The women, including Roma Torre, say their careers were derailed after Charter Communications bought New York’s hometown news station in 2016.
Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable. And They’re Starting a New Global Arms Race.
The new weapons — which could travel at more than 15 times the speed of sound with terrifying accuracy — threaten to change the nature of warfare.
Nxivm’s Keith Raniere Convicted in Trial Exposing Sex Cult’s Inner Workings
Mr. Raniere set up a harem of sexual “slaves” who were branded with his initials and kept in line by blackmail.
Jamal Khashoggi Was My Fiancé. His Killers Are Roaming Free.
Washington hasn’t done enough to bring the murdered Saudi columnist’s killers to justice.

Answer 1

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import string

def countWords(fname):

    words = {}

    fp = open(fname, "r")

    for line in fp.readlines():

        line = line.lower().translate(str.maketrans('','', string.punctuation))

        for w in line.split():

            if w not in words:

                words[w] = 0

            words[w] += 1

    fp.close()

    return words

fname = input("Enter file: ")

frequency = countWords(fname)

sorted_frequency = sorted(frequency.items(), key = lambda kv:(kv[1], kv[0]), reverse=True)

for (word, freq) in sorted_frequency[:5]:

    print(word+" : "+str(freq))