# Code for Dr. Rheingan's section of CMSC 201

def main():

    #open input file : spaced.txt
    #open output file: unspaced.txt
    spacedFile = open("spaced.txt", "r")
    unspacedFile = open ("unspaced.txt", "w")

    #read input from file into variable
    space = spacedFile.read()

    #remove whitespace
    nospace = space.split()
    unspace = "".join(nospace)

    #write output file
    unspacedFile.write(unspace)

    # count the number of whitespace characters
    print ("There were", len(space) - len(unspace), 
           "spacing characters in the file.")

    # close input and output file
    spacedFile.close()
    unspacedFile.close()


main()