def main():
    word_count_dict={}
    de_file = open("dec_of_independence.txt","r")
    for line in de_file:
        process_line(line, word_count_dict)

    print('Length of the dictionary:',len(word_count_dict))
    len(word_count_dict)
    pretty_print(word_count_dict)

import string
def process_line(line, word_count_dict):
    line = line.strip()
    word_list = line.split()
    for word in word_list:
        if word != '--':
            word = word.lower()
            word = word.strip()
            word = word.strip(string.punctuation)
            add_word(word, word_count_dict)




def add_word(word, word_count_dict):
    if word in word_count_dict:
        word_count_dict[word] += 1
    else:
        word_count_dict[word] = 1




def pretty_print(word_count_dict):
    value_key_list = []
    for key,val in word_count_dict.items():
        value_key_list.append((val,key))

    value_key_list.sort(reverse=True)
    print('{:11s}{:11s}'.format('Word', 'Count'))
    print(' '*21)
    for val,key in value_key_list:
        print('{:12s} {:<3d}'.format(key,val))