Python
# Program to count words in a file
filename = input("Enter filename: ")
try:
with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
text = f.read()
words = text.split()
print("Word count:", len(words))
except FileNotFoundError:
print("File not found.")Output
Enter filename: notes.txt Word count: 42
Splitting on whitespace with .split() gives a simple word count metric.