# File:    tuThSpaced.py
# Author:  Dr. Gibson
# Date:    11/3/2016
# Section: N/A
# E-mail:  k.gibson@umbc.edu 
# Description:
#   This file contains python code that opens a file called "spaced.txt",
#   counts and removes all of the whitespace, prints out the count,
#   and saves the result to a file called "unspaced.txt"


def main():

    # open the file spaced.txt (for reading)
    cow = open("spaced.txt", "r")

    # read in the contents of the file
    contents = cow.read()

    # count how many whitespace character the file has and print that out
    count = 0
    for ch in contents:
        if ch == " " or ch == "\n" or ch == "\t":
            # increment whitespace count
            count += 1
    print("There are", count, "whitespace characters")

    # remove the whitespace characters (somehow)
    splitContents = contents.split()
    joinedContents = "".join(splitContents)

    # write to a new file unspaced.txt (open for writing)
    moo = open("unspaced.txt", "w")
    moo.write(joinedContents)

    # CLOSE BOTH FILES
    cow.close()
    moo.close()

main()