#File: countSpace.py
#Author: Prof. Neary
#Date: 11/03/2016
#Section: 07
#Description:
#    This file reads known input in "spaced.txt" and counts the number
#    of whitespace characters in the file. It prints out that number,
#    and writes every non-whitespace character into another file.


def main():
    
    inputFile = open("spaced.txt", "r")
    outputFile = open("unspaced.txt", "w")


    everything = inputFile.read()

    spaceCount = 0

    for thing in everything:
        if thing == " " or thing == "\n" or thing == "\t":
            spaceCount = spaceCount + 1
        else:
            outputFile.write(thing)
            

    print("The number of whitespace:",spaceCount)

    inputFile.close()
    outputFile.close()

main()