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+class CountWords
+
+  attr_accessor :word_count
+
+  def count_words_from_file(file)
+    count_file = File.open(file, "r")
+    count_file.each_line do |line|
+      next if line.empty?
+      @@word_count = Hash.new
+      word = line.split
+      word.each do |wrd|
+        next if wrd !~ /(\w+)/
+        wrd = wrd[/(\w+)/]
+        if @@word_count.has_key?(wrd)
+          @@word_count[wrd] = @@word_count[wrd] + 1
+        else
+          @@word_count[wrd] = 1
+        end
+      end
+      display_word_count_asc
+    end
+
+    count_file.close
+    @@word_count
+  end
+
+  def display_word_count_asc
+    puts ""
+    puts "'''''"
+    @@word_count.sort{|a,b| a[1]<=>b[1]}.each { |word|
+      puts "#{word[1]} - #{word[0]}"
+    }
+    puts "'''''"
+  end
+
+end
+
+def count_data
+  data = CountWords.new
+  data.count_words_from_file("speech.txt")
+end
+
+count_data