stats.py

def get_book_text(book_path):
    with open (book_path) as f:
        book_text = f.read()
    return book_text

def book_word_counter(book_path):
    words = get_book_text(book_path).split()
    return len(words)

def character_counter(book_path):
    char_counts = {}
    book = get_book_text(book_path).lower()
    for character in book:
        lowercase_char = character.lower()
        if character in char_counts:
            char_counts[lowercase_char] += 1
        else:
            char_counts[lowercase_char] = 1
    return char_counts

def sort_num(chars):
    return chars["num"]

def sorting_function(book):
    dictionary = character_counter(book)
    sorting_list = [{"char": char, "num": num} for char, num in dictionary.items() if char.isalpha()]
    sorting_list.sort(reverse=True, key=sort_num)
    return sorting_list