Strings & text
Format, split, join, parse, and clean text — everyday Python string patterns.
Count Characters, Words, and Lines in Python Text
Counts characters, words, lines, and the most common words in a given string using Python's standard library.
from collections import Counter
def count_data(text):
"""Count characters, words, lines, and most common words in text."""
char_count = len(text)
word_count = len(text.split())
line_count = text.count("\n") + 1
word_freq = Counter(text.lower().split())
most_common = word_freq.most_common(3)
…How to Inspect String Statistics in Python
A beginner-friendly function that returns detailed statistics about a string, including length, word count, character types, and easy text transformations.
def inspect_text(text: str) -> dict:
"""Return useful stats about a string for beginners."""
words = text.split()
return {
"length": len(text),
"word_count": len(words),
"uppercase": sum(1 for ch in text if ch.isupper()),
"lowercase": sum(1 for ch in text if ch.islower()),
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