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iterating through all files from a folder
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(Oct-30-2018, 05:57 PM)gonzo620 Wrote: this program is printing a 1 for every occurrence of 'name'. What I want is to print the total number of occurrences 'name' has throughout all the files. What am I missing?

okay I was able to get a little closer to my desired end result.
import pathlib

name = input('Enter a name: ')
name_list = []

path = pathlib.Path("./Names")

for entry in path.iterdir():
    if entry.is_file():
        with open(entry,'r') as f:
            for line in f:
                if name in line:
                    name_list.append(name)
                    name_count = name_list.count(name)
                    print(name_count)
Output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ...
I just need the total number printed. I don't need the program to print all the counting
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RE: iterating through all files from a folder - by gonzo620 - Oct-30-2018, 07:01 PM

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