The Things They Carried
--D. Thiebaut (talk) 22:39, 2 October 2015 (EDT)
Source
Python Program for Word Frequencies
# compute top 100 most frequent word in document import string doc = "TheThingsTheyCarried.txt" stopwords = """a about above across after afterwards again against all almost alone along already also although always am among amongst amoungst amount an and another any anyhow anyone anything anyway anywhere are around as at back be became because become becomes becoming been before beforehand behind being below beside besides between beyond bill both bottom but by call can cannot cant co computer con could couldnt cry de describe detail do done down due during each eg eight either eleven else elsewhere empty enough etc even ever every everyone everything everywhere except few fifteen fify fill find fire first five for former formerly forty found four from front full further get give go had has hasnt have he hence her here hereafter hereby herein hereupon hers herse" him himse" his how however hundred i ie if in inc indeed interest into is it its itse" keep last latter latterly least less ltd made many may me meanwhile might mill mine more moreover most mostly move much must my myse" name namely neither never nevertheless next nine no nobody none noone nor not nothing now nowhere of off often on once one only onto or other others otherwise our ours ourselves out over own part per perhaps please put rather re same see seem seemed seeming seems serious several she should show side since sincere six sixty so some somehow someone something sometime sometimes somewhere still such system take ten than that the their them themselves then thence there thereafter thereby therefore therein thereupon these they thick thin third this those though three through throughout thru thus to together too top toward towards twelve twenty two un under until up upon us very via was we well were what whatever when whence whenever where whereafter whereas whereby wherein whereupon wherever whether which while whither who whoever whole whom whose why will with within without would yet you your yours yourself yourselves dont got just did didnt im """ def displayStops(): s = "" for a in stopwords.split(): s = s+a+" " if len( s )>60: print(s) s = "" print( s ) def main(): global doc, stopwords text = open( doc, "r" ).read() stopwords = set( stopwords.lower().split() ) dico = {} exclude = set(string.punctuation) text = ''.join(ch for ch in text if ch not in exclude) for word in text.lower().split(): if word in stopwords: continue try: dico[word] += 1 except: dico[word] = 1 list = [] for key in dico.keys(): list.append( (dico[key], key) ) list.sort() list.reverse() words = [k for (n,k) in list] print( "\n".join( words[0:100] ) ) #displayStops() main()
100 Most Frequent Words
said like war carried man rat things night time right way kiowa eyes away sanders old know field head remember say dead id took tell story little felt maybe went wasnt later cross azar himself kept dark looked long hed real mitchell bowker thought hard came river thing norman good told thats make feel stories water new body years wanted think place look lieutenant day tried guys young morning men knew jimmy love kiley inside want sound fossie bad myself guy dobbins come true face moved sure life hands white rain talk stood shit mary lake kind high gone vietnam
