Python For Informatics Ex.8.4

8_4.py

try:
  fhand = open('romeo.txt')
  word = []

  for line in fhand:  
    words = line.split()
    for chkWords in words: 

#     if chkWords in word:      //The 'standard way' of doing this
#        word.remove(chkWords) //would be to replace these
#    word = word + words       //lines with:

      if chkWords in word:
          continue
      else:
          word.append(chkWords)

  word.sort()
  print word
except: 
  print "unable to open file"