diff --git a/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Lab1.py b/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Lab1.py
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+def countAll(text):
+    wordDict = {}
+    
+    for char in text:
+        if char not in wordDict and char.isalpha():
+            wordDict[char] = text.count(char)
+    
+    return wordDict
+            
+
+print(countAll("banana"))
+print(countAll("curly fries 123!"))
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diff --git a/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Problem1.py b/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Problem1.py
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+def countAll(text):
+    wordDict = {}
+    text = text.lower()
+
+    for char in text:
+        if char not in wordDict and char.isalpha():
+            wordDict[char] = text.count(char)
+    
+    return wordDict
+
+
+def sortList(text):
+    wordDict = countAll(text)
+    alphaList = list(wordDict.items())
+    alphaList.sort()
+    
+    return alphaList
+
+
+def printResult(text):    
+    alphaList = sortList(text)
+        
+    print("You inputed: " + text)
+
+    for char in alphaList:
+        print(char[0] + ": " + str(char[1]))
+
+
+printResult(input("What word(s) would you like sorted?"))
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diff --git a/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Problem2.py b/thinkcspy/Chapter-12-Exercises/Problem2.py
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+def add_fruit(inventory, fruit, quantity=0):
+    
+    if fruit not in inventory:
+        inventory[fruit] = quantity
+    else:
+        inventory[fruit] += quantity
+        
+    return inventory
+
+# make these tests work...
+new_inventory = {}
+print(new_inventory)
+add_fruit(new_inventory, 'strawberries', 10)
+#  test that 'strawberries' in new_inventory
+print(new_inventory.keys())
+#  test that new_inventory['strawberries'] is 10
+print(new_inventory)
+add_fruit(new_inventory, 'strawberries', 25)
+#  test that new_inventory['strawberries'] is now 35)
+print(new_inventory)
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