aliceBook = open("alice_in_wonderland.txt", "r") aliceDict = {} outfile = open("alice_words.txt", "w") for line in aliceBook: words = line.split() for word in words: word = word.lower() newWord = "" for char in word: if char.isalpha(): newWord += char if newWord != "": word = newWord if word not in aliceDict: aliceDict[word] = 1 else: aliceDict[word] += 1 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()