# File:    deSpacer1.py
# Author:  Dr. Gibson
# Date:    4/18/2018
# 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"

FILE = "/afs/umbc.edu/users/k/k/k38/pub/cs201/spaced.txt"

def main():

    # open a file for reading (spaced.txt)
    ifp = open(FILE, "r")

    # read in the whole thing as one string
    text = ifp.read()
    ifp.close()

    # count the spacing characters
    without = ""
    count   = 0

    for i in range(len(text)):
        # if it's a spacing character, count it
        if text[i] == " " or text[i] == "\t" or text[i] == "\n":
            count += 1
        # otherwise, save the character to the 'without' string
        else:
            without += text[i]

    print("There were",  count, "whitespace characters in", FILE)

    # save to a new file without any whitespace
    ofp = open("unspaced.txt", "w")
    ofp.write(without)
    ofp.close()

main()