Python program to read file word by word

Given a text file, read it word by word and process or display each word individually.

Example: (Myfile.txt)

Output:
Geeks
4
geeks

Using split()

This method reads the file line by line and uses split() to break each line into individual words, making it a simple and efficient way to process words.

Output

Geeks
4
Geeks

Explanation:

• for line in f: iterates over each line in the file
• line.split(): splits the line into words using whitespace
• for w in line.split(): loop over each word

Using a Generator Function

This method yields one word at a time while reading the file, making it memory-efficient and ideal for processing large files.

Output

Geeks
4
Geeks

Naive Manual Character-by-Character Approach

This method processes the file one character at a time without using Python’s built-in helpers, giving full control over how words and characters are counted.

Output

Geeks
4
Geeks

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