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Convert a string to a hash

text = 'The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain.' word_count_hash = Hash.new 0 p word_count_hash text.split(/\W+/).each { |word| word_count_hash[word.downcase] += 1 } p word_count_hash # => {"rain"=>1, "plain"=>1, "in"=>2, "mainly"=>1, "falls"=>1, #     "the"=>2, "spain"=>1}