i'm trying to get number of word in certain txt file.

I've tried this but it's not working due to "*AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'*":

```
 words = 0
 for wordcount in textfile.readlines().split(":"):
     if wordcount == event.getPlayer().getName():
        words += 1

```

Is there any easier or less complicated way to do this?

Here's my text file:

```
b2:PlayerName:Location{world=CraftWorld{name=world},x=224.23016231506807,y=71.0,z=190.2291303186236,pitch=31.349741,yaw=-333.30002}

```

What I want is to search for "PlayerName" which is players name and if player has 5 entries (actually, if word "PlayerName" has been five times written to file) it will add +5 to words.

P.S. I'm not sure if this is good for security, because it's an multiplayer game, so it could be many nicknames starting with "PlayerName" such as "PlayerName1337" or whatever, will this cause problem?