created count_words.py

Lab 1/count_words.py

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+def countWords(filename: str) -> dict[str, int]:
+    word_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
+    file = open(filename, "r")
+    line = file.readline()
+
+    while line != "":
+        line = line.strip()
+        words = line.split()
+        for word in words:
+            if word in word_counts:
+                word_counts[word] += 1
+            else:
+                word_counts[word] = 1
+
+        line = file.readline()
+
+    file.close()
+    return word_counts
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    filename = "words.txt"
+    counts = countWords(filename)
+    print(counts)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

Lab 1/words.txt

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+cat
+dog
+cat
+benjamin
+apple
+house
+benjamin

Lab 1/words_backup.txt

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+cat
+dog
+cat
+benjamin
+apple
+house
+benjamin