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+
+books
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+from stats import count_words
+from stats import count_characters
+from stats import sort_by_count
+
+def get_book_text(filepath):
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+def main():
+    read_file = get_book_text("books/frankenstein.txt")
+    counted = count_words(read_file)
+    counted_chars = count_characters(read_file)
+    
+
+    print("============ BOOKBOT ============")
+    print("Analyzing book found at books/frankenstein.txt...\n----------- Word Count ----------")
+    print(f"Found {counted} total words")
+    print("--------- Character Count -------")
+    
+    sorted = sort_by_count(counted_chars)
+    for item in sorted:
+        if item["char"].isalpha():
+            print(f"{item["char"]}: {item["num"]}")
+
+    print("============= END ===============")
+
+main()
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+def count_words(text):
+    return len(text.split())
+
+def count_characters(text):
+    t = dict()
+    text = text.lower()
+    for c in text:
+        if c in t.keys():
+            t[c] += 1
+        else:
+            t.update({c:1})
+
+    return t
+
+
+def sort_on(items):
+    return items["num"]
+
+def sort_by_count(data):
+    l = []
+
+    for c in data:
+        l.append({"char":c, "num":data[c]})
+
+    l.sort(reverse=True, key=sort_on)
+    return l