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HS exam question

Convert the data to a python dictionary

Start file
e: 45.063 %
s: 42.182 %
a: 40.586 %
r: 30.316 %
o: 28.193 %
i: 27.897 %
l: 24.621 %
n: 23.124 %
t: 22.992 %
d: 17.676 %
u: 17.051 %
c: 14.648 %
y: 14.253 %
h: 12.986 %
p: 12.459 %
m: 12.130 %
b: 10.253 %
g: 10.204 %
k: 9.118 %
w: 7.456 %
f: 7.077 %
v: 5.003 %
z: 2.271 %
x: 1.860 %
j: 1.366 %
q: 0.741 %
End file
letters = {
  "e": 0.45063,
  "s": 0.42182,
  "a": 0.40586,
  "r": 0.30316,
  "o": 0.28193,
  "i": 0.27897,
  "l": 0.24621,
  "n": 0.23124,
  "t": 0.22992,
  "d": 0.17676,
  "u": 0.17051,
  "c": 0.14648,
  "y": 0.14253,
  "h": 0.12986,
  "p": 0.12459,
  "m": 0.12130,
  "b": 0.10253,
  "g": 0.10204,
  "k": 0.09118,
  "w": 0.07456,
  "f": 0.07077,
  "v": 0.05003,
  "z": 0.02271,
  "x": 0.01860,
  "j": 0.01366,
  "q": 0.00741
}

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1,26c1,28
< e: 45.063 %
< s: 42.182 %
< a: 40.586 %
< r: 30.316 %
< o: 28.193 %
< i: 27.897 %
< l: 24.621 %
< n: 23.124 %
< t: 22.992 %
< d: 17.676 %
< u: 17.051 %
< c: 14.648 %
< y: 14.253 %
< h: 12.986 %
< p: 12.459 %
< m: 12.130 %
< b: 10.253 %
< g: 10.204 %
< k: 9.118 %
< w: 7.456 %
< f: 7.077 %
< v: 5.003 %
< z: 2.271 %
< x: 1.860 %
< j: 1.366 %
< q: 0.741 %
---
> letters = {
>   "e": 0.45063,
>   "s": 0.42182,
>   "a": 0.40586,
>   "r": 0.30316,
>   "o": 0.28193,
>   "i": 0.27897,
>   "l": 0.24621,
>   "n": 0.23124,
>   "t": 0.22992,
>   "d": 0.17676,
>   "u": 0.17051,
>   "c": 0.14648,
>   "y": 0.14253,
>   "h": 0.12986,
>   "p": 0.12459,
>   "m": 0.12130,
>   "b": 0.10253,
>   "g": 0.10204,
>   "k": 0.09118,
>   "w": 0.07456,
>   "f": 0.07077,
>   "v": 0.05003,
>   "z": 0.02271,
>   "x": 0.01860,
>   "j": 0.01366,
>   "q": 0.00741
> }

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