misc/characterCount.py


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#!Python

#Character count

import pprint

message = 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were strinking thirteen.'
count = {}

for character in message:
    count.setdefault(character, 0)
    count[character] = count[character] + 1

pprint.pprint(count)
print(pprint.pformat(count))