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