import collections

def main():
    text = input("Enter the text to work with: ")
    from collections import defaultdict
    alphabet = defaultdict

    amount_found = count_occurences(text,alphabet)
    position_in_text = position_of_first(text,alphabet)

    print(amount_found, alphabet "found in", text)
    print(alphabet, "appears at position", position_in_text, "in", text)

def count_occurences(text, alphabet):
    for i in text:
        if i == defaultdict:
            number += 1
    return number

main()