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+def countWord(filepath,searchtxt):
+    f = open(filepath,"U")
+    count = 0
+    lines = f.readlines()
+    for line in lines:
+        line_lower = line.lower()
+        words = line_lower.split(' ')
+        for word in words:
+            word = word.replace('.','')
+            if word == searchtxt.lower():
+                count += 1
+    return count
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