Python : word frequency in a file -

i've created simple word count program in python reads text file, counts word frequency , writes result file. problem if want search "windows" , text file contain word "xwindows" count also.

import sys import glob import errno files = glob.glob('w.asm') the_count =['windows'] name in files:     open(name) f:         print "occurences in file -- %s " % name         contents = f.read()         print contents         number in the_count:             print "windows occured-", contents.count(number) 

w.asm file contains

windows iwindows qwindows hwindows kwindows windows windows windowsh wwindows windows iwindows qwindows hwindows kwindows 

output

occurences in file -- w.asm   windows iwindows qwindows hwindows kwindows windows windows windowsh wwindows windows iwindows qwindows hwindows kwindows windows occured- 14 

so actual output want 4 because windows occurred 4 times code giving 14....

so please help

14 correct, since windowsh , such contain substring winows. simple fix first split file words, call count():

for name in files:     open(name) f:         print "occurences in file -- %s " % name         contents = f.read().split() # <--- split         print contents         number in the_count:             print "windows occured-", contents.count(number)