occurences of each character in a string

gistfile1.py

# for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12674193/python-no-of-occurences-of-each-character-in-a-string

def xx(string):
    i, d = 0, {}
    while i < 127:
        char = chr(i)
        d[char] = string.count(char)
        i += 1
    return d


# printable characters only:

from string import printable
def xxxx(string):
    return {c: string.count(c) for c in printable}