Word Count

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

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Source: Exercism fsharp/word-count

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module WordCount

let countWords (phrase: string) = 
    Regex.Matches(phrase.ToLowerInvariant(), @"\w+('\w+)*")
    |> Seq.countBy (fun m -> m.Value)
    |> Map.ofSeq