count = 0 fileName = input('Enter file name: ') with open(fileName, 'r') as f: for line in f: # replce the words '--' words = line.strip().split() for word in words: if word.isalnum(): count += 1 print('There are %d words in the file' % count)

This code counts words in a text file but it doesnt include words such as: coding, is fun.

I need to count the words coding is fun

even though coding is followed by a comma and fun is followed by a period.

Im not supposed to use a dictionary.