Python script for determining number of possibilities

static/text/howmany.py

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+adjectives = {}
+with open('adjectives','r') as f:
+    for line in f:
+        word = line.strip().lower()
+        if word[0] not in adjectives:
+            adjectives[word[0]] = []
+        adjectives[word[0]].append(word)
+
+print(len(adjectives.keys()))
+
+animals = {}
+for aword in open('animals','r').read().split(','):
+    word = aword.strip().lower()
+    if word[0] not in animals:
+        animals[word[0]] = []
+    animals[word[0]].append(word)
+
+print(len(animals))
+
+i = 0
+for key in adjectives.keys():
+    if key in animals and key in adjectives:
+        i = i + len(adjectives[key])*len(animals[key])
+
+print(i)