How to Count and Print Blank Spaces in Python

Here are two methods that show how to count and print blank spaces in Python. The input is a text file. The program looks for blank spaces and counts them. In the end, it prints the number of blank spaces.

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1. How to count blank spaces using for loop
2. How to count blank spaces using while loop

How to count blank spaces using for loop

The input file is my_text. The count gives you the blank spaces count.

my_text="my name is srini"
count=0
for i in my_text:
    if i == ' ':
        count += 1
        
print(count)

Output

3
** Process exited - Return Code: 0 **
Press Enter to exit terminal

How to count blank spaces using while loop

Using a while loop how to count blank spaces explained in the below python program.

my_text = "my name is srini"
i=0
count=0
while i < len(my_text):
    if my_text[i] == ' ':
        count += 1
    i += 1
print(count)

Output

3
** Process exited - Return Code: 0 **
Press Enter to exit terminal

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