Lecture Notes on 21 Nov 2014

# verify Benford's law using census data

def main():
  # create an empty dictionary
  pop_freq = {}

  # initialize the dictionary
  pop_freq['1'] = 0
  pop_freq['9'] = 0

  # open the file for reading
  in_file = open ("./Census_2009.txt", "r")

  # read the header
  header = in_file.readline()

  # read subsequent lines
  for line in in_file:
    line = line.strip()
    pop_data = line.split()
    print (pop_data[-1])
    # process the data

  # close
  in_file.close()

  # write out the result

main()