docs: def wordcount(text):
      '''Returns the count of the words in a file.'''
      bannedwords = read_file('stopwords.txt')
      wordcount = {}
      separated = separate(text)
      for word in separated:
          if word not in bannedwords:
              if not wordcount.has_key(word):
                  wordcount[word] = 1
              else:
                  wordcount[word] += 1
      return wordcount