def createWordList(textFile):

    #Open the input file
    myFile = open(textFile,"r")

    #Read the file
    fileText = myFile.read()

    #Close the file
    myFile.close()

    #Clean up the test
    badChars = ".,!?;(){}:"

    for badChar in badChars:
        fileText=fileText.replace(badChar,"")

    #Deal with the dash
    fileText = fileText.replace("-"," ")

    #Lowercase all words
    fileText = fileText.lower()

    listOfWords = fileText.split()
    return(listOfWords)

def countUniqueWords(textFile):
    # Get the big word list
    wordList = createWordList(textFile)

    # Unique word list
    uniqueWordList = []

    for word in wordList:
        #If not in unique list
        if not word in uniqueWordList:
            uniqueWordList.append(word)

    return len(uniqueWordList)

def countTimes(textFile):
    # Get the big word list
    wordList = createWordList(textFile)

    # New dictionary
    newDict = {}

    for word in wordList:
        #If not in dictionary
        if not word in newDict:
            newDict[word] = 1
        else:
            newDict[word] += 1

    #return newDict

    #####print things out nicely (not in order)
    for word in newDict:
        print(word,"->",newDict[word])

    #####sorting by key (word)
    wordList = list(newDict.keys())
    wordList.sort()

    #Use a for loop to get each alphabetical word
    for word in wordList:
        print(word,"->",newDict[word])

    #####sorting by value (frequency)
    #Make a list of miniLists: [[value,key], [value,key], ....]
    bigList = []

    for word in newDict:
        bigList.append([newDict[word],word])

    bigList.sort(reverse=True)

    #Now the bigList is sorted.  Get out each small list.
    for littleList in bigList:
        print(littleList[1], "->", littleList[0])