{"id":11691,"date":"2024-03-14T14:33:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-count-the-number-of-words-in-a-python-program\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:37:37","slug":"how-to-count-the-number-of-words-in-a-python-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-count-the-number-of-words-in-a-python-program\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Count Words in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can count the number of words by following these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Split the text content into a list of words.<\/li>\n<li>Iterate through the list of words and count the occurrences of each word.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is a sample code for counting the number of words in a text.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">count_words<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">text<\/span>):\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5c06\u6587\u672c\u5185\u5bb9\u8f6c\u6362\u4e3a\u5c0f\u5199\uff0c\u5e76\u53bb\u9664\u6807\u70b9\u7b26\u53f7<\/span>\r\n    text = text.lower()\r\n    text = <span class=\"hljs-string\">''<\/span>.join(e <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> e <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> text <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> e.isalnum() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">or<\/span> e.isspace())\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5206\u5272\u6587\u672c\u5185\u5bb9\u4e3a\u5355\u8bcd\u5217\u8868<\/span>\r\n    words = text.split()\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u7edf\u8ba1\u6bcf\u4e2a\u5355\u8bcd\u7684\u51fa\u73b0\u6b21\u6570<\/span>\r\n    word_count = {}\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> word <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> words:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> word <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> word_count:\r\n            word_count[word] += <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span>:\r\n            word_count[word] = <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> word_count\r\n\r\ntext = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Python is a popular programming language. Python is used in various fields including web development, data science, and machine learning.\"<\/span>\r\nresult = count_words(text)\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(result)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>By running the above code, you will get the output of each word and its frequency of occurrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can count the number of words by following these steps: Split the text content into a list of words. Iterate through the list of words and count the occurrences of each word. 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