import string f = open("mess.sgml","r") str = f.read() dict = [] cnt = 0 for char in str: cnt += 1 print cnt if len(dict) == 0: dict += [[char,0]] for i in dict: print dict[i][0] if char == dict[i][0]: dict[i][1] = dict[i][1] + 1 else: dict += [[char,0]] print dict