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![1. Count Letters
Problem
Write a function named count_letters that counts the letters in its parameter
named s. It returns a dictionary containing pairs in which the key is a letter and
the values of a key is the number of times the letter appears in s.
Sample
>> print(sorted (count_letters('brontosaurus').items()))
[('a', 1), ('b', 1), ('n', 1), ('o', 2), ('r', 2), ('s', 2),
('t', 1), ('u', 2)]
>>> print(sorted (count_letters('Hello World!').items()))
[(' ', 1), ('!', 1), ('d', 1), ('e', 1), ('h', 1), ('l', 3),
('o', 2), ('r', 1), ('w', 1)]](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/84d04b2c-23fb-40d7-9a76-0652257fb987/273ce5e3-e79f-43e6-9acd-f33d8738e4a1/33qthy_thumbnail.png)
Transcribed Image Text:1. Count Letters
Problem
Write a function named count_letters that counts the letters in its parameter
named s. It returns a dictionary containing pairs in which the key is a letter and
the values of a key is the number of times the letter appears in s.
Sample
>> print(sorted (count_letters('brontosaurus').items()))
[('a', 1), ('b', 1), ('n', 1), ('o', 2), ('r', 2), ('s', 2),
('t', 1), ('u', 2)]
>>> print(sorted (count_letters('Hello World!').items()))
[(' ', 1), ('!', 1), ('d', 1), ('e', 1), ('h', 1), ('l', 3),
('o', 2), ('r', 1), ('w', 1)]
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