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# 15.24 (Number of files in a directory) Write a program that prompts the user to enter a
# directory and displays the number of files in the directory.
import os
def getNumberOfFiles(path):
size = 0
if not os.path.isfile(path):
list = os.listdir(path)
for i in range(len(list)):
size += getNumberOfFiles(path + "\\" + list[i])
else:
size += 1
return size
path = input("Enter a directory or a file: ").strip()
try:
print("The number of files is " + str(getNumberOfFiles(path)))
except:
print("File or directory does not exist")
