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function wordFreq(string) {
    var words = string.replace(/[.]/g, '').split(/\s/);
    var freqMap = {};
    words.forEach(function(w) {
        if (!freqMap[w]) {
            freqMap[w] = 0;
        }
        freqMap[w] += 1;
    });
    
    return freqMap;
}

var freq = wordFreq("I am the big the big bull.");
Object.keys(freq).sort().forEach(function(word) {
    console.log("count of " + word + " is " + freq[word]);
});