def count_words(filename):
"*"Count the approximate number of words in a file." "*
try:
with open(filename) as $f_{\text {obj }}$ :
contents = f_obj.read ()
except FileNotFoundError:
$\mathrm{msg}=$ "Sorry, the file " $+$ filename $+$ " does not exist."
print(msg)
def count_words(filename):
" "Count the approximate number of words in a file." n"
try:
with open(filename) as $f$ obj:
contents =f_obj.read()
msg = "Sorry, the file " + filename + " does not exist."
print(msg)
else:
# Count approximate number of words in the file.
num_words = len(words)
print("The file " $+$ filename + " has about " + str(num_words) +
" words. ")
else:
# Count approximate number of words in the file.
words = contents.split()
num words = len(words)
print("The file " $+$ filename $+$ " has about " $+$ str (num_words) $+$
" words. ")
filename = 'alice.txt'
count_words(filename)
def count_words(filename):
"" "Count the approxinate number of words in a file."""
try:
- snip=-
except FilevotFoundError:
pass
else:
$=$ snip"
filenames = ['alice.txt', 'siddhartha.txt', 'moby_dick.txt', 'little_women.txt']
for filename in filenames:
count words(filename)
