"""
 count_words.py

 count the words in a file

 in class
"""

def readfile(filename = 'words.txt'):
    """ return list of words from file """
    the_file = open(filename, 'r')
    lines = the_file.readlines()
    words = []
    for line in lines:
        words.append(line.strip())
    return words

def countwords(wordlist):
    """ return dictionary of {word:count} """
    counts = {}
    for word in wordlist:
        if word in counts:
            counts[word] = 1 + counts[word]
        else:
            counts[word] = 1
    return counts

def main():
    words = readfile()
    print(words)

main()