Question

Assume a file containing a series of words is named words.txt and exists on the computer’s disk. Write a program that reads the data and counts the number of occurrences of each letter. The program should then displays how many times each letter appears in the sentence.

Answer 1

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occ = {}

try:

    fp = open("words.txt")

    for line in fp.readlines():

        for ch in line.strip():

            if ch.isalpha():

                if ch not in occ:

                    occ[ch] = 0

                occ[ch] += 1

    fp.close()

    for ch in occ:

        print(ch+" : "+str(occ[ch]))

except FileNotFoundError:

    print("Unable to open words.txt")