Question

How to count tabs, spaces and newline characters in a file with Python

Answer 1

filename = "data.txt"

file = open(filename, "w")
file.write("Python is an interpreted high-level general-purpose\n"
           "Artificial Intelligence\t covers three types of tasks\n"
           "emphasizes code readability\t with its use of significant\t")

with open(filename) as file:
    text = file.read()
    count_tab = 0
    count_space = 0
    count_newline = 0
    for char in text:
        if char == '\t':
            count_tab += 1
        elif char == ' ':
            count_space += 1
        elif char == '\n':
            count_newline += 1

print("Tabs:", count_tab)
print("Spaces:", count_space)
print("Newlines:", count_newline)




'''
run:

Tabs: 3
Spaces: 18
Newlines: 2

'''

 

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