Word frequencies -- Python or Perl for performance?

[Jeff Shannon]

Anders M Eriksson wrote:

> Hello Jim!
>
> I tried to run the program in Python 2.1 but I get errors
>
> >               for line in file:
> Here I get the error ^
>     for line in file:
> TypeError: loop over non-sequence
>
> Is this something specific for Python 2.2, or just a typo?

For Python 2.1, change the offending line to:

    for line in file.xreadlines():

and you should get the behavior that you want.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International