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--- a/count_word.py
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+from collections import Counter
+
+def countWord(filename, word_a):
+    counts = {}
+    words_list = []
+
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        for line in f:
+            for word in line.split(' '):
+                words_list.append(word)
+
+    counts = Counter(words_list)
+    return counts[word_a]
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