consonants_count

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Filename: consonants_count.py
# Author: Jeoi Reqi

"""
Consonants Count Script

This script reads text from a specified file in the same directory and counts
the number of consonants in the text. It utilizes a function, count_consonants,
to perform the consonant counting operation.

Requirements:
- Python 3

Usage:
1. Save the text file in the same directory as the script.
2. Replace 'texty.txt' with the actual file name in the script.
3. Run the script.
4. The script will display the number of consonants in the text.
"""

def count_consonants(text):
    """Count the number of consonants in a text.

    Args:
        text (str): Text.

    Returns:
        int: Number of consonants in the text.

    """
    consonants = set("bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz")
    return sum(char.lower() in consonants for char in text)

def read_text_from_file(file_path):
    """Read text from a file.

    Args:
        file_path (str): Path to the file.

    Returns:
        str: Text read from the file.

    """
    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        return file.read()

def main():
    # Specify the file path
    file_path = 'texty.txt'  # Replace 'texty.txt' with the actual file name

    # Read text from the file
    text = read_text_from_file(file_path)

    # Count consonants
    consonant_count = count_consonants(text)

    # Display the result
    print(f"Number of consonants in the text: {consonant_count}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()