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HI guys, I am having some trouble with some basic python. I need to make a function that reads a document and divides each sentence up and counts the lenght of the largest sentence. this is what i have so far


def linesize(F):
c= 0
W= open("file.txt")
X= W.read()
Xlines = X.split(".")
wordcount = len(Xlines)
print wordcount


this divides up the text into sentences but them it just adds them all up at the end.. any help would be appreciated. thank you guys

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hi
First, pls next time put code tags around your code :)
As for the program:

def lineSize():
    f = open( "filename.txt", "r" )
    lines = f.read()
    f.close()
    longestSentence = 0
    sentences = lines.split( "." )
    for sentence in sentences:
        if len( sentence ) > longestSentence:
            longestSentence = len( sentence )

    print longestSentence

lineSize()

This is a way of doing that. You'll probably have to deal with the \n and the punctuation as well :) Hope that helps!

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