Assignment 15 — web access

Due Monday September 30

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Problem ccw.py

• Gets two inputs

• Name of a web file from the class web folder http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cs1112/datasets/text/

• Character of interest

• Produces three outputs

• Number of characters in the web file,

• Number of times the character of interest occurs in the web file, the

• Number of words in the web file.

Requirement

• Only output what was requested.

Three program runs

Enter name of web file: roman

Enter single character: v

14 1 7

Enter name of web file: macbeth

Enter single character: u

416 35 69

Enter name of web file: tom-sawyer

Enter single character: z

368697 151 71053

Suggested algorithm

• Get a hold of the local module for web support.

• Define repository for text files of interest.

• Input name of web file.

• Input character of interest.

• Define the link to the web file.

• Get the contents of the web file.

• Compute the number of characters in the web file.

• Compute the number of times the character of interest occurs in the web file.

• Compute the number of words in the web file.

• Print the results.

 

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