mostCommonWordsFile.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import collections

NO_OF_MOST_COMMONS = 10
EXCLUDE_STOPWORDS = 'n'


def mostCommonWords(EXCLUDE_STOPWORDS='y'):
 words = []
 with open('WarAndPeace.txt', 'r') as f:
 text = f.read().lower()
 words = re.findall(r'[a-záéëíÀóúèîôàçâêïýöäüÁœÉæ]+', text)
 if EXCLUDE_STOPWORDS.lower() == 'n':
 with open('stopwords.txt', 'r') as f:
 stopwords = f.read().split()
 words = [
 word for word in words if word not in stopwords and len(word) > 3]
 wordCount = collections.Counter(words)
 return ''.join('{} : {}\n'.format(word, count) for word, count in wordCount.most_common(NO_OF_MOST_COMMONS))


print(mostCommonWords(EXCLUDE_STOPWORDS))