exercise 9.6 - is_abecedarian

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exercise 9.6

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def is_abecedarian(word):

    prev_char_ord = 0

    

    for char in word.lower():

        if prev_char_ord <= ord(char):

            prev_char_ord = ord(char)

        else:

            return False

    return True

#print is_abecedarian("abcDEfg")

#print is_abecedarian("xylophone")

#print is_abecedarian("eeeeeee")

fin = open('words.txt')

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if is_abecedarian(word):

        print word

        abcd = abcd + 1

print "number of abecedarian words = ",abcd