Complete the functions given below, to behave as described by their docstrings, so that the code produces the given output.
def get_file_content_as_list(filename):
"""Return content of the file as a list of lines
The file is expected to be in the current working directory.
The lines in the list contains trailing line breaks.
Example:
If the a.txt has two lines 'aaa' and 'bbb',
get_file_content_as_list('a.txt') returns ['aaa\n', 'bbb']
"""
return [] # REPLACE WITH YOUR CODE
def get_file_stats(contents):
"""Given a list of lines, return line count and letter count as a list
Trailing line breaks (if any) are not counted for letter count.
Spaces, even trailing spaces, are counted for letter count.
Example:
get_stats(['aaa\n', 'bbb']) returns [2, 6]
"""
stats = []
# ADD YOUR CODE HERE
return stats
def analyze_file(filename):
contents_as_list = get_file_content_as_list(filename)
print('lines in file:', contents_as_list)
stats = get_file_stats(contents_as_list)
print('It has', stats[0], 'lines containing', stats[1], 'letters')
analyze_file('file1.txt')
analyze_file('file2.txt')file1.txt (2 lines, 22 letters):
aaa bbb ccc
ddd eee fff
file2.txt (4 lines, 10 letters -- note: the ==last line has a trailing space==, which adds up to 10 letters):
a
bb
ccc
ddd
{{ icon_output }}
lines in file: ['aaa bbb ccc\n', 'ddd eee fff']
It has 2 lines containing 22 letters
lines in file: ['a\n', 'bb\n', 'ccc\n', 'ddd ']
It has 4 lines containing 10 letters
strip()removes trailing line breaks but also trailing spaces.replace('\n', '')will remove the trailing line break but will keep the trailing spaces.
def get_file_content_as_list(filename):
"""Return content of the file as a list of lines
The file is expected to be in the current working directory.
The lines in the list contains trailing line breaks.
Example:
If the a.txt has two lines 'aaa' and 'bbb',
get_file_content_as_list('a.txt') returns ['aaa\n', 'bbb']
"""
f = open(filename, 'r')
lines = f.readlines()
f.close()
return lines