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7.2 Write a program that prompts for a file name, then opens that file and reads through the file, looking for lines of the form: X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.8475 Count these lines and extract the floating point values from each of the lines and compute the average of those values and produce an output as shown below. Do not use the sum() function or …
# Use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name
fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fhand = open(fname)
count = 0
for line in fhand:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
count = count + 1
total = 0
for line in fhand:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:"):
line = float(line[21:])
total = line + total
average = total/ count
print("Average spam confidence:",average)
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Sj2298 commented Sep 20, 2020

filename=input("whats ur file name")
file=open(filename)

count=0
for line in file:
if line.startswith('X-DSPAM-Confidence:'):
count=count+1
print(count)

tot=0
file=open(filename)
for linex in file:
if linex.startswith('X-DSPAM-Confidence:'):
xx=float(linex[21:])
#print("########")
print(xx)
tot=tot+xx
print(tot)
print("Average spam confidence:",tot/count)

@PraneetJakhadi80
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line = float(line[21:])
didnt understand this line of code

@roymarao
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line = float(line[21:])
selects the numbers at the end of each line which starts with "X-DSPAM-Confidence:" and converts them to float.
total = line + total
sums all the numbers converted to float one by one using for loop

what these lines do

hos did you know it was in line 21?

@SandeepG0
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fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)

total=float(0)
no_of_lines=0

for line in fh:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
no_of_lines+=1

for line in fh:

if not line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") : continue
locate=line.find(':')		                               # initially finding the ':' in the line to get the number
total=total+float(line[locate+1:])                       # finding sum of the values

print("Average spam confidence:",total/no_of_lines)

@shahulvk
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fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
c=0
s=0
for line in fh:
if not line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
continue
c=c+1
startpos=line.find(":")
digits=line[startpos+1:]
fdigits=float(digits)
s=s+fdigits
av=s/c
print("Average spam confidence:",av)

@Vraole2
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Vraole2 commented Oct 8, 2020

line = float(line[21:])
selects the numbers at the end of each line which starts with "X-DSPAM-Confidence:" and converts them to float.
total = line + total
sums all the numbers converted to float one by one using for loop

what these lines do

i didnt get how adding total to line gets the correct output. total is already defined to be 0. so adding 0 to line must be equal to line.

@Sasaki27
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could you please explain the concept of float(line[21:]) and how did that total thing work?

@Vraole2
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Vraole2 commented Oct 24, 2020

could you please explain the concept of float(line[21:]) and how did that total thing work?

it is basically string slicing. it means it will take the data in the string from the 21st character to the end of the string since we have not given any end. if we had specified like [21:30] so it will take the 21st character to 29th character.

@arjunrajapeta
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fname = input("Enter file name: ")
try:
fh = open(fname)
except:
print("FILE NOT FOUND..!")
quit()

total = 0
count = 0
for line in fh:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:"):
count = count + 1
line = float(line[20:26])
total = line + total

average = total / count

print("Average spam confidence:", average)

@Ujjwal421
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What is total = line + total do

@imohammedmq
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Try this code easy and simpe

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fhand = open(fname)

total = 0
count = 0

for line in fhand:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
line = float(line[21:])
total = line + total
count = count + 1

average = total/ count

print("Average spam confidence:", average)

Note: use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name

@awkwardturtle1
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SIMPLE AND SHORT

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
total = 0
count = 0
for line in fh:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
line = float(line[21:])
total = line + total
count = count + 1
average = (total / count)
print("Average spam confidence: " + str(average) )

@sartorirafa
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# Use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name
fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
total = 0
count = 0
for line in fh:
    if not line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") : continue
    parts = line.split()
    total = float(parts[1]) + total
    count = count + 1
        

print("Average spam confidence:", total/count)

@IamPrajwalDubey
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Use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
tot = 0
count = 0
for line in fh:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:"):
count+=1
line = float(line[21:])
tot=tot+line
average = tot/count
print("Average spam confidence:",average)

@Boyue-Z
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Boyue-Z commented Apr 4, 2021

Use mnemonic variable names and a function.

# Use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name
def getValue(sLine):
    c = sLine.find(':')
    return float(sLine[c+1:])

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
fSum = 0
nCount = 0

for line in fh:
    if not line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") : continue
    fValue = getValue(line)
    fSum = fSum + fValue
    nCount = nCount + 1
    # print ("Each:", fValue, fSum, nCount)

print("Average spam confidence:", fSum/nCount)

@JusticeSelormBruce
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JusticeSelormBruce commented Apr 22, 2021

solution

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fh = open(fname)
counter =0
result =0
for line in fh:
if not line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") : continue
index = line.find(":")
value = line[index+1:len(line)]
number = value.strip()
float_number =float(number)
result = result + float_number
counter = counter + 1
print("Average spam confidence: {}".format(result/counter))

@snehaguptaa
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Easiest answer:
fil = open('C:\Users\admin\OneDrive\Desktop\mbox-short.txt','r')
cnt = 0
a=0
for ch in fil:
if not ch.startswith('X-DSPAM-Confidence:'):
continue
print(ch.rstrip())
cnt+=1
i=ch[20:]
a+=float(i)
print("Average spam Confidence:",a/cnt)

@SayanDgp
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Use the file name mbox-short.txt as the file name

fname = input("Enter file name: ")
fhand = open(fname)

count = 0
for line in fhand:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:") :
count = count + 1

total = 0
for line in fhand:
if line.startswith("X-DSPAM-Confidence:"):
line = float(line[21:])
total = line + total

average = total/ count

print("Average spam confidence:",average)

In the above code the logic in the line i couldn't got can anyone explain me please?
line = float(line[21:])
total = line + total

how 21 ?

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