Update Python_Open-Read-&-Count-Text-File.py

Python_Open-Read-&-Count-Text-File.py

@@ -2,17 +2,33 @@
 ##Given a file path:
 ##read file, count total words and lines
 
-##open, read, close file
-a = open("hello.txt")
+##Pulls/Imports
+    ##open, read, close file
+a = open("hello.txt") ##puth path to your text file
 content = a.read()
 a.close()
 
-##count words in file and format output with placeholder and word list count
-words = content.split()
-print("There are {0} words in the file.".format(len(words)))
+##Definitions:
+    ##count words in file and format output with placeholder and word list count
+def wordcount(a):
+    words = content.split()
+    print("There are {0} words in the file.".format(len(words)))
 
-##count lines in file and format output with placeholder and line list count
-num_lines = sum(1 for line in open("hello.txt"))
-print("There are {0} lines in the file.".format(num_lines))
+    ##count lines in file and format output with placeholder and line list count
+def linecount(a):
+    num_lines = sum(1 for line in open("hello.txt"))
+    print("There are {0} lines in the file.".format(num_lines))
 
+    ##count characters in file
+def count_characters(content):
+    words = content.split()
+    counter = 0
+    for i in words:
+        counter = counter + len(i)
+    print("There are {0} characters in the file.".format(counter))
+
 
+##Calls
+wordcount(a)
+linecount(a)
+count_characters(content)