im having probelms with my python program?

Question

this is my program
def main():

# the names of the files
    file1 = "preTestExam01.txt"
    file2 = "preTestExam02.txt"

checkForWord(file1,file2)

def checkForWord(f1,f2):
    
    theFile = open(f1,'r')
    theFile2 = open(f2,'r')
    
    counter = 0
    for word in theFile.read().split():
        for word in theFile2.read().split():
            if word in theFile:
                counter += 1

print(word,counter)
        
main()

this is what i have to do 
write a script that for every word that is in preTestExam01.txt checks many of them are in the preTestExam02.txt. your program shall print the counters for all words fomr preTestExam01.txt found in preTestExam01.txt.

my problem is that it doesnt want to count how many times the word appears in the files.

brilliant_moves · Accepted Answer

This seems to work, Omar:

def main():

... # the names of the files
	... file1 = "preTestExam01.txt"
	... file2 = "preTestExam02.txt"

... checkForWord(file1,file2)

def checkForWord(f1,f2):

... theFile = open(f1,'r')
	... theFile2 = open(f2,'r')

... words2 = theFile2.read().split()

... for word in theFile.read().split():
		... ... counter = 0
		... ... for word2 in words2:
			... ... ... if word == word2:
				... ... ... ... counter += 1

... ... print(word,counter)

main()

#Note: I've used "... " in place of tabs (which Y!Answers removes)

amania_r · Answer

You can do it without the loops using the set intersection feature of Python:

words1 = theFile1.read().split() 
words2 = theFile2.read().split() 
print len(set(words1) & set(words2))

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