exploring_stanza_12.py

# Which characters appear most frequently?
def frequency_count(df, col, limit=10):
    return df[col].value_counts().head(limit)

frequency_count(characters, "text")

# Ahab          474
# Stubb         224
# Queequeg      184
# Starbuck      140
# Jonah         81
# Moby Dick     75
# Bildad        70
# Peleg         69
# Pip           68
# Pequod        60