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Count digits in a file

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Write a Python program to count the digits in a file.

Output

Approach

sum(ch.isdigit() for ch in text).

Solution

Python

with open("story.txt", "w") as f:    f.write("Order 4521 shipped on 2026-11-02\n") with open("story.txt") as f:    print(sum(ch.isdigit() for ch in f.read()))

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