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Character frequency of text in Ruby
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."
freqs = text.downcase.tr(".\n ",'').chars.inject(Hash.new(0)) { |freq,c|
freq[c] += 1; freq }.to_a.sort{ |a,b| a.last <=> b.last}
puts freqs.inspect
# Output
# [["h", 1], ["v", 3], ["f", 3], ["g", 3], ["b", 3], ["x", 3], [",", 4], ["q", 5], ["p", 11], ["c", 16], ["m", 17], ["s", 18], ["d", 19], ["r", 22], ["l", 22], ["n", 24], ["o", 29], ["a"#
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