Perhaps the reason that so many movie titles start with the letter A is that their first word is “A” or “An”? Count how many movies in the data set of Worked Example 19.2 start with these words.

Data from worked example 19.2.

WORKED EXAMPLE 19.2 A Movie Database In this worked Example, we analyze a large database of movies and use streams to obtain interesting statistics from the data. To follow along, locate the companion code for Worked Example 19.2. Problem Statement The file movies.txt in the book's companion code has information about 23,000 movies, taken from the database of facts at http://freebase.com. Each movie has a year, title, and lists of directors, producers, and actors. What interesting facts can you find? CINEMAS Ivan Cholakov/iStockphoto.