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Count the words of "the cat and the hat and the bat" with a dictionary…
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Count the words of "the cat and the hat and the bat" with a dictionary. Which word is the most common, and how many times does it appear?
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counts[word] = counts.get(word, 0) + 1
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The counts are {"the": 3, "cat": 1, "and": 2, "hat": 1, "bat": 1}.
The most common word is the, with times. The next is and with .
Check. , and the sentence has words. ✓
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