Python program that finds most frequent word in a .txt file, Must print word and its count

Question

As of right now, I have a function to replace the countChars function,

def countWords(lines):
  wordDict = {}
  for line in lines:
    wordList = lines.split         


        

Answer 1

You have a simple typo, words where you want word.

Edit: You appear to have edited the source. Please use copy and paste to get it right the first time.

Edit 2: Apparently you're not the only one prone to typos. The real problem is that you have lines where you want line. I apologize for accusing you of editing the source.