a = open("numbers.txt", "r")

for line in a:
    print line

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def describe(word):
    memory = ""
    for visitor in word:
        if visitor not in memory:
            memory = memory + visitor
            print visitor, "occurs", count(visitor, word), "time(s)"

def count(letter, word):
    count = 0
    for visitor in word:
        if visitor == letter:
            count = count + 1
    return count

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word = raw_input("Enter a word: ")

letters = []
counts = []

for letter in word:
    if letter in letters:
        for l in range(len(letters)):
            if letters[l] == letter:
                counts[l] += 1
                break
    else:
        letters.append(letter)
        counts.append(1)

for i in range(len(letters)):
    print letters[i] + " occurs " + str(counts[i]) + " time(s)"

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This is a file
that contains some information
and it's useless and meaningless
but it has lines
and each line has words
on it
words like
ryan giggs
and 

such.