 Character-frequency distribution (source code)

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= Character-frequency distribution
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For a nonempty <string>, assign a character its occurrence count divided by the <string> length. Counts partition the character positions, proving normalization. Empty input has no total count to normalize and needs an explicit alternative contract or rejection. A <Scala> Char implementation counts UTF-16 code units unless a separate code-point representation is introduced.

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