DictionariesStrings Python

# counting how many times each word is in a text

# Provided is a string saved to the variable name sentence. 
# Split the string into a list of words, then create a dictionary that contains each word and the number of times it occurs. 
# Save this dictionary to the variable name word_counts.

sentence = "The dog chased the rabbit into the forest but the rabbit was too quick."

words = sentence.split()

word_counts = {}

for word in words:Provided is a string saved to the variable name sentence. Split the string into a list of words, then create a dictionary that contains each word and the number of times it occurs. Save this dictionary to the variable name word_counts.
    if word not in word_counts:
        word_counts[word]=0Provided is a string saved to the variable name sentence. Split the string into a list of words, then create a dictionary that contains each word and the number of times it occurs. Save this dictionary to the variable name word_counts.
    
    word_counts[word]=word_counts[word]+1
    
    
    
# Create the dictionary characters that shows each character from the string sally and its frequency. 
# Then, find the most frequent letter based on the dictionary. Assign this letter to the variable best_char

sally = "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

characters = {}

for char in sally:
    if char not in characters:
        characters[char]=0
        
    characters[char]+=1
    
best_char_freq = 0

for c in characters:
    if characters[c] > best_char_freq:
        best_char_freq=characters[c]
        
for key, value in characters.items():
    if value == best_char_freq:
        best_char = key