final

.gitignore

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+books/

main.py

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+def main():
+    book_path = "books/frankenstein.txt"
+    text = get_book_text(book_path)
+    num_words = get_num_words(text)
+    create_report(book_path, num_words, text)
+
+
+
+def get_num_words(text):
+    words = text.split()
+    return len(words)
+
+def get_book_text(path):
+    with open(path) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+def get_num_letters(text):
+    letters_dic = {}
+    counter = 0 
+    for letter in text:
+        lower_case = letter.lower()
+        if lower_case in letters_dic:
+            letters_dic[lower_case] += 1
+        else:
+            letters_dic[lower_case] = 1
+    return letters_dic
+
+
+def create_report(book_path, num_words, text):
+    print (f"--- Begin report of {book_path} ---")
+    print(f"{num_words} words found in the document")
+
+    letters_list = list(get_num_letters(text).items())
+    letters_list.sort()
+
+    for item in letters_list:
+        if item[0].isalpha():
+            print (f"The {item[0]} character was found {item[1]} times")
+
+    print ("--- End report ---")
+
+main()