Welcome to the Word Frequency Counter page.
This page contains a brief description and implementation instructions for the project.
Project Description
Counts how often each word appears in a text. The user provides a text file or input text, and the program outputs a frequency table of words (ignoring case and punctuation).
Project Requirements
Python 3.x.
How to Run the Project
- Write a script (e.g.
word_count.py) that reads a text file or text input. - Run it:
python word_count.py. Provide the filename. The program prints each word and its count.
Key Concepts Learned
- File I/O: Opening and reading text files.
- String Processing: Splitting text into words, removing punctuation.
- Dictionaries: Mapping words to counts (using
dictorCounterfromcollections). - Sorting (Optional): Displaying words sorted by frequency.
Possible Extensions
- Exclude common stopwords (“the”, “and”, etc.).
- Output most frequent N words or a word cloud (with a library).
- Handle large text by reading in chunks.