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word_histogram.rb
# Creates a little histogram of the frequency of words occuring in your string
# Usage : ruby word_histogram.rb "Test string, string"
h=Hash.new(m=0);ARGV[m].scan(/\w+/).map{|x|h[x.downcase]+=1;m=[m,x.size].max};h.sort.map{|k,v|puts"=> %-#{m+4}s#{'*'*v}"%k}
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