Intermediate+80 XP

Word Frequency Counter

Given a sentence, count how many times each word appears and print the results, most common first. Combines strings, dictionaries, and a little sorting.

Requirements

1
Split the text into words
2
Build a dict mapping each word to its count
3
Print each word with its count

Build it here — edit the starter code and hit Run:

word-counter.py · editable

text = "the cat sat on the mat the cat purred"

counts = {}
# TODO: fill counts so counts[word] is how many times word appears

for word, n in counts.items():
    print(word, n)