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Question

"Write a Python program that counts the frequency of each word in a text file. Then, create a Git repository, add your Python file, commit it with a message, and push it to a new GitHub repository."

Answer 1

Python program (save as word_count.py):

from collections import Counter
import re


def count_word_frequency(file_path: str) -> None:
    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        text = f.read().lower()

    # Split on non‑alphabetic characters
    words = re.findall(r"[a-zA-Z']+", text)
    counts = Counter(words)

    for word, freq in counts.items():
        print(f"{word}: {freq}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Replace 'input.txt' with the path to the text file
    count_word_frequency("input.txt")

Git and GitHub steps (command line workflow):

1. In a terminal, go to the folder that contains word_count.py:

      cd path/to/your/project
   

2. Initialize a local Git repository:

      git init
   

3. Stage the Python file:

      git add word_count.py
   

4. Commit with a message:

      git commit -m "Add word frequency counter script"
   

5. In GitHub, create a new, empty repository (no README, license, or .gitignore) and copy its clone URL.
6. Connect the local repo to the new GitHub repo and push:

      git remote add origin <clone URL>
      git push -u origin main
   

After these steps, the Python program is tracked in Git and available in the new GitHub repository.

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References:

• Use GitHub, Git, and this repository
• Create a new Git repo
• About Git in Visual Studio
• Set up a Git repository
• Tutorial: Work with Git in Visual Studio