Print words to file with decent formatting

thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Problem3.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-aliceBook = open("thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/alice_in_wonderland.txt", "r")
+aliceBook = open("alice_in_wonderland.txt", "r")
 aliceDict = {}
+outfile = open("alice_words.txt", "w")
 
 for line in aliceBook:
     words = line.split()
@@ -12,13 +13,24 @@ for line in aliceBook:
             if char.isalpha():
                 newWord += char
 
-        word = newWord            
+        if newWord != "":
+            word = newWord            
 
         if word not in aliceDict:
             aliceDict[word] = 1
         else:
             aliceDict[word] += 1
 
-print(aliceDict)
+aliceList = list(aliceDict.items())
+aliceList.sort()
+
+offset = 30 - len("word")
+spaces = " " * offset
+outfile.write("WORD" + spaces + "COUNT\n" )
+
+for item in aliceList:
+    offset = 30 - len(item[0])
+    spaces = " " * offset
+    outfile.write(item[0] + spaces + str(item[1]) + "\n" )
 
 aliceBook.close()