Question

Write a user defined function in Python that displays the number of lines starting with ‘H’ in the file Para.txt.Eg: if the file contains: 

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Then the line count should be 2.

Answer 1

def countH():

f = open ("Para.txt", "r")

lines =0

l =f.readlines()

for i in l:

ifi[0]=='H':

lines+=1

print "no. of lines is",lines