gistfile1.py

import operator
def countWords(fileName):
    mydict = {}
    fobj = open(fileName, 'r')
    for line in fobj:
        zuordnung = line.split()
        for word in zuordnung:
            if mydict.has_key(word):
                mydict[word] = mydict.get(word)+1
            else:
                mydict[word] = 1
    fobj.close()
    wordList = mydict.items()
    wordList = sorted(wordList, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
    for word in wordList:
        anzahl,word = word
        print '%s -> %s' % (word,anzahl)


# Oder doch lieber...
def countWords(fileName):    
    with open(filename,'r') as f:
        text = f.read().split()
        words = Counter(text)
        for anzahl, word in words.most_common():
            print '%s -> %s' % (word, anzahl)