M.Sc Python Programming Assignments
Assignment 12
Question:
Given a .txt file that has a list of a bunch of names, count how many of each name there are in the file, and print out the results to the screen.
Code:
def count_names(file_name):
name_counts = {}
with open(file_name, 'r') as file:
for line in file:
name = line.strip()
if name in name_counts:
name_counts[name] += 1
else:
name_counts[name] = 1
return name_counts
file_name = input("Enter the file name: ")
name_counts = count_names(file_name)
print("Name counts:")
for name, count in name_counts.items():
print(f"{name}: {count}")
Output:
Name counts:
lucifer: 1
