Word Count

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Given a phrase, count the occurrences of each word in that phrase.

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Source: Exercism csharp/word-count

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public static class WordCount
{
    public static Dictionary<string, int> CountWords(string phrase) =>
        phrase.Words()
            .GroupBy(w => w.ToLowerInvariant())
            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Count());

    private static IEnumerable<string> Words(this string phrase) =>
        Regex.Matches(phrase, @"\w+('\w+)*").Select(m => m.Value);
}