Question

Write a function in Python to count the number of lines in a text file "HOMEWORK.TEXT" which starts with the alphabet 'M' or 'm'.​

Answer 1

USING PYTHON:

The codes are:

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a=open("HOMEWORK.txt",'r')

b=a.readlines()

count=0

for i in b:

   if i[0]=="M" or "m":

       count+=1

print(count)

a.close()

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Answer 2

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def main():

count_obj = {"m": 0, "M": 0}

with open("HOMEWORK.TEXT") as f:

for line in f:

if line.startswith("m"):

count_obj["m"] += 1

if line.startswith("M"):

count_obj["M"] += 1

return count_obj

for k, v in main().items():

print(f"{k}: {v}")

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