diff --git a/count_word.py b/count_word.py
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+import sys
+import os
+
+def countWord(filePath , keyWord):
+    count = 0
+    wordCount = {}
+    file = open(filePath,"r+")
+    for word in file.read().split():
+        if word not in wordCount:
+            wordCount[word] = 1
+        else:
+            wordCount[word] += 1
+    print wordCount
+    for key in wordCount.keys():
+        #print ("%s %s " %(key , wordCount[key]))
+        if(key == keyWord):
+            print key
+            count = wordCount[key]
+        
+    file.close()
+    return count
+
+print countWord('./files/testfile.txt','the')
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