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# loadstoplist - 
# load a stop list of words to eliminate from one's text sample
# from a plain sequential file with one word per line

import string 

def load_stoplist(filename):
    infile = open(filename,'r')
    stoplist = {}
    for line in infile.readlines():
        word = string.strip(line)
        stoplist[word] = 1
    infile.close()
    return stoplist

filename = 'stoplist3.txt'
stoplist = load_stoplist(filename)
print stoplist