Making a Word Cloud.ipynb

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    "import sys\n",
    "from wordcloud import WordCloud\n",
    "# if you get an error 'no module named pil' do \n",
    "# sudo pip install pillow"
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    "# stopwords\n",
    "stops = [\"a\",\"about\",\"above\",\"after\",\"again\",\"against\",\"all\",\"am\",\"an\",\"and\",\"any\",\"are\",\"aren't\",\"as\",\"at\",\"be\",\"because\",\"been\",\"before\",\"being\",\"below\",\"between\",\"both\",\"but\",\"by\",\"can't\",\"cannot\",\"could\",\"couldn't\",\"did\",\"didn't\",\"do\",\"does\",\"doesn't\",\"doing\",\"don't\",\"down\",\"during\",\"each\",\"few\",\"for\",\"from\",\"further\",\"had\",\"hadn't\",\"has\",\"hasn't\",\"have\",\"haven't\",\"having\",\"he\",\"he'd\",\"he'll\",\"he's\",\"her\",\"here\",\"here's\",\"hers\",\"herself\",\"him\",\"himself\",\"his\",\"how\",\"how's\",\"i\",\"i'd\",\"i'll\",\"i'm\",\"i've\",\"if\",\"in\",\"into\",\"is\",\"isn't\",\"it\",\"it's\",\"its\",\"itself\",\"let's\",\"me\",\"more\",\"most\",\"mustn't\",\"my\",\"myself\",\"no\",\"nor\",\"not\",\"of\",\"off\",\"on\",\"once\",\"only\",\"or\",\"other\",\"ought\",\"our\",\"ours\",\"ourselves\",\"out\",\"over\",\"own\",\"same\",\"shan't\",\"she\",\"she'd\",\"she'll\",\"she's\",\"should\",\"shouldn't\",\"so\",\"some\",\"such\",\"than\",\"that\",\"that's\",\"the\",\"their\",\"theirs\",\"them\",\"themselves\",\"then\",\"there\",\"there's\",\"these\",\"they\",\"they'd\",\"they'll\",\"they're\",\"they've\",\"this\",\"those\",\"through\",\"to\",\"too\",\"under\",\"until\",\"up\",\"very\",\"was\",\"wasn't\",\"we\",\"we'd\",\"we'll\",\"we're\",\"we've\",\"were\",\"weren't\",\"what\",\"what's\",\"when\",\"when's\",\"where\",\"where's\",\"which\",\"while\",\"who\",\"who's\",\"whom\",\"why\",\"why's\",\"with\",\"won't\",\"would\",\"wouldn't\",\"you\",\"you'd\",\"you'll\",\"you're\",\"you've\",\"your\",\"yours\",\"yourself\",\"yourselves\"]"
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    "filename = \"myfile.txt\"\n",
    "\n",
    "text = open(filename).read()\n",
    "words = WordCloud(width=500, height=500, font_path='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf', stopwords=stops)\n",
    "words.generate(text)\n",
    "words.to_file(filename.split('.')[0] + '.png')"
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