'''
 This program does this:
 opens a file,
 and counts the number of fields in the file (fields are separate by spaces)
 prints the count
'''

file_name = 'numbers.txt'
handle = open(file_name, 'r')
lines = handle.readlines()
count = 0
for line in lines:
    fields = line.split()
    count += len(fields)
print 'The file', file_name, 'has', count, 'fields'