Python count words in file

import re
# Open file in read mode
input_file = open("C:\\Users\\fawaz\\Desktop\\data.txt", "rt")
"""
Get each line from file
Then decompose it into words
Update count with nb of words
per line.
"""
count = 0
for line in input_file: 
	words = re.split("\s+", line.strip())  # words separated by any nb of white spaces
	print(words)
	count += len(words)

print("Number of words in input file:", count)

input_file.close()

Similar codes

0 vote160 views2 answers
Dropna threshold
Python
-1 vote170 views2 answers
Get tuple value python
Python
77 votes168 views5 answers
Python remove last 4 characters from string
Python
0 vote171 views1 answer
2checkout python
Python
1 vote176 views1 answer
Change shortcuts in pychar,
Python
21 votes164 views6 answers
Python linear regression
Python
1 vote213 views1 answer
How to create staff account in django
Python Django
3 votes180 views3 answers
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'MySQLdb' in windows
Python
0 vote288 views1 answer
Set dtype for multiple columns pandas
Python
0 vote204 views1 answer
Split list in 3 part
Python