Facing error TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable when sum total count

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I have a task to count symbols from multiple text files. I am near to finish but facing an issue. Below is my n I want to sum the commaCount value. I put command total = sum(commacount) but it shows error

total = sum(commaCount)
TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

Here's my code:

import glob

def stats():

    commaCount = 0

    path = 'D:/Stiudies/Data/female/*.txt'
    inf = glob.glob(path)

    for name in inf:
        with open(name, 'r', encoding="utf8") as input_file:
            for line in input_file:
                for char in line:
                    if char == ',':
                        commaCount += 1

                        total = sum(commaCount)

            print(commaCount)

stats()

Myk Willis · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-15 22:12:49Z

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The error comes form the fact that the built-in sum function expects to receive an argument that is something like a list of numbers (an 'iterable') that it will sum together. In your case, you are giving it commaCount, which is a single number (not an iterable).

However, by using:

commaCount += 1

you are already summing up all of the commas in all of the files, so there is no reason to do another sum. I think you can just remove that line.

answered Oct 15, 2017 at 22:12

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moggi · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-16 02:18:43Z

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Following code helps to find number of ',' per file and total in list of files

import glob
path = 'D:\Stiudies\Data\female\*.txt'
inf = glob.glob(path)
commaCount = 0
for name in inf:
    with open(name, 'r') as input_file:
        count += input_file.read().count(',')
        print "Count:{}\t for file:{}:".format(count,name)
    commaCount +=count
print "Total count:", commaCount

edited Oct 16, 2017 at 2:18

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answered Oct 15, 2017 at 22:36

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moggi Over a year ago

Note that your current answer needs some adaptions for python 3. E.g. print vs print().

DRPK · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-15 22:14:21Z

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use count function like this:

a = "hi, hello, good by, , ,"

print(a.count(","))

it will show you:

5

but for your original code:

path = 'D:/Stiudies/Data/female/*.txt'
inf = glob.glob(path)

buffer_commas = 0

for name in inf:
    with open(name, 'r', encoding="utf8") as input_file:
        raw_data = input_file.read()
        buffer_commas = buffer_commas + raw.count(",")

print(buffer_commas)

answered Oct 15, 2017 at 22:14

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Muhammad Hafiz Tahir Over a year ago

Thank you for your help code is working fine. i want to count uppercase characters as well. Please help me with that. Thank you.

DRPK Over a year ago

@MuhammadHafizTahir : use print(sum(1 for c in your_string if c.isupper()))

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