print count_words("betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter",3)

from collections import defaultdict
"""Count words."""
def count_words(s, n):
  """Return the n most frequently occuring words in s."""
  split_s = s.split()
  map_list = [(k,1) for k in split_s]
  output = defaultdict(int)
  for d in map_list:
    output[d[0]] += d[1]
  output1 = dict(output)
  top_n = sorted(output1.items(), key=lambda pair:pair[0], reverse=False)
  top_n = sorted(top_n, key=lambda pair:pair[1], reverse=True)
  return top_n[:n]
def test_run():
  """Test count_words() with some inputs."""
  print(count_words("cat bat mat cat bat cat", 3))
  print(count_words("betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter", 4))
if __name__ == '__main__':
  test_run()

from collections import Counter
"""Count words."""
def count_words(s, n):
  """Return the n most frequently occuring words in s."""
  split_s = s.split()
  split_s = Counter(name for name in split_s)
  print(split_s)
  top_n = sorted(split_s.items(), key=lambda pair:pair[0], reverse=False)
  print(top_n)
  top_n = sorted(top_n, key=lambda pair:pair[1], reverse=True)
  print(top_n)
  return top_n[:n]
def test_run():
  """Test count_words() with some inputs."""
  print(count_words("cat bat mat cat bat cat", 3))
  print(count_words("betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter", 4))
if __name__ == '__main__':
  test_run()