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count.py

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+from collections import defaultdict
+from string import ascii_lowercase
+
+
+def count_words(string):
+
+    word_dict = defaultdict(int)
+
+    words = string.split(' ')
+
+    for word in words:
+
+        word = ''.join(char
+                       for char in word.lower()
+                       if char in ascii_lowercase + "'")
+
+        word_dict[word] += 1
+
+    return word_dict