Build a Text File Line Counter (with Skeletons 🎉)

Level: Beginner

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Your task for today:

Create a text file analyzer that counts lines, words, and characters in a text file, similar to the Unix ‘wc’ command.

Project Task

Create a text file line counter that:

• Opens and reads a text file

• Counts the total number of lines in the file

• Counts the total number of words in the file

• Counts the total number of characters in the file

• Displays all statistics in a clean format

• Uses built-in file operations (no external libraries needed)

This project gives you hands-on practice with file handling, string operations, and data processing — fundamental skills for working with files in Python.

Expected Output

Text File Analyzer
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Analyzing file: sample.txt

Statistics:
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Lines: 45
Words: 320
Characters: 1847

Analysis complete!

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Skeleton and Solution

Below you will find both a downloadable skeleton.py file to help you code the project with comment guides and the downloadable solution.py file containing the correct solution.

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