commit 457fd858e7bd3f6d7019711045d14176f0e9e63d
Author: Dan Helfman <witten@torsion.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 11 09:35:38 2021 -0700

    Initial import.

diff --git a/novel-stats.py b/novel-stats.py
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+++ b/novel-stats.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+
+import os
+import string
+import sys
+
+
+CHAPTER_MARKER = '## '
+FIRST_CHAPTER_TO_ACT = {
+    1: 1,
+    11: 2,
+    28: 3,
+}
+
+DEV_EDITED_CHAPTERS = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31}
+
+
+def count_words(line):
+    count = 0
+
+    for word in line.strip().split(' '):
+        if not word.strip() or word == '*' or word.startswith('#'):
+            continue
+
+        #print('{} '.format(word), end='')
+
+        count += 1
+
+    #print('-> {}'.format(count))
+    return count
+
+
+def main(arguments):
+    filename = arguments[0]
+    chapter_number = None
+    chapter_word_count = 0
+    act_number = None
+    act_word_count = 0
+    total_word_count = 0
+    dev_edited_word_count = 0
+
+    for line in open(filename).readlines():
+        if line.startswith(CHAPTER_MARKER):
+            dev_edited = bool(chapter_number in DEV_EDITED_CHAPTERS)
+            if chapter_number:
+                print('chapter {}: {} words{}'.format(chapter_number, chapter_word_count, ' (dev edited)' if dev_edited else ''))
+            chapter_number = int(line[len(CHAPTER_MARKER):])
+            act_word_count += chapter_word_count
+            total_word_count += chapter_word_count
+
+            if dev_edited:
+                dev_edited_word_count += chapter_word_count
+
+            chapter_word_count = 1  # Start at one, because the chapter number itself counts as a word.
+
+            if chapter_number in FIRST_CHAPTER_TO_ACT:
+                if act_number:
+                    print('act {}: {} words'.format(act_number, act_word_count))
+                act_number = FIRST_CHAPTER_TO_ACT[chapter_number]
+                act_word_count = 1
+        else:
+            chapter_word_count += count_words(line)
+
+    print('chapter {}: {} words'.format(chapter_number, chapter_word_count))
+    print('act {}: {} words'.format(act_number, act_word_count))
+    total_word_count += chapter_word_count
+    print('dev edited: {} words'.format(dev_edited_word_count))
+    print('total: {} words'.format(total_word_count))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1:])