[Tutor] Problem creating a search

[Shashwat Anand]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:47 AM, jim serson <fubarninja at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi I am pretty new to python and programming in general. I am trying to
> create a search that takes a user input for a file location and user input
> to find a group of numbers or a phrase in that file count how many times it
> appears then display it.
>
> I have gone through a tutorials and searched I/O to find the code I need.
> Although I have not been able to make it work properly yet.
>
> I am able to open and read from the file the user would input but cant seem
> to make the other input retrieve the numbers or phrase from the file or have
> it count how many time it appears. If anyone can help or point me in the
> right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
>
> look_in = raw_input ("Enter the search file to look in ")
> search = raw_input ("Enter your search item ")
>
   c = open(look_in, "r").read().count(search)
   print c
   if c:    print search, "your search was found"
   else:    print "your search was not found"
'''
line = file.readline()
while line:
    print line
    line = file.readline()
    search == line
    if search in line:
        search = count + 1
        print count
        print search, "your search was found"
    else:
        print ("your search was not found")
file.close()
'''
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