frequency_counter.py

"""Counts the frequency for different numbered words in the text file"""

import sys

def read_text():
	inputF = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
	return inputF

openF = read_text()
text = openF.read()
		
for punc in "&,?-;:.'":
	text = text.replace(punc, "")
	
words = text.lower().split()
lngth_of_words = []
for word in words:
	lngth_of_words.append(len(word))
	max_l = max(lngth_of_words)
	freqs = [0 for i in range(max_l + 1)]
	for length in lngth_of_words:
		freqs[length] += 1
print("Length   Count")
for i, count in enumerate(freqs):
	if i != 0:
		print("{:>4} {:>8}".format(i, count))