How to count word “test” in file on Python?

Question

I have a file consists of many strings. Looks like

sdfsdf sdfsdfsdf sdfsdfsdf test gggg uff test test fffffffff sdgsdgsdgsdg sdgsdgsdgsdg uuuttt 5

Answer 1

You can use regular expressions:

import re

with open('myfile.txt', 'r') as f:
    txt = f.read()

cnt = len(re.findall(r'\btest\b', txt))

If you don't care about case sensitivity (also match Test or TEST)

cnt = len(re.findall(r'\btest\b', txt, flags=re.I))