my @patterns = qw( a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
+ );
my %hash;

my $data = do { local $/; <DATA> };


for (@patterns) {
    $hash{$_}++ for $data =~ /\Q$_\E/g;
}

my $counter = 0;
for (sort {$hash{$b} <=> $hash{$a}} keys %hash) {
    print "$_ - $hash{$_}\n";
    unless (++$counter % 10) { print "Press Enter"; <STDIN> }
}


__END__
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