count$\_$by$\_$first$()$

This function should accept a parameter named words, which is expected to contain a list of strings representing words.

The function should determine the number of strings in words with each possible starting letter and display the results.

The steps performed by this function are very similar to those described in the count$\_$by$\_$length$()$ function. The

main difference is that you will be using the first characters of strings in words as keys in count$\_$dict rather than the

length of the string. Note that if my$\_$string is a string, then you can access the first character of my$\_$string using

my$\_$string$[0].$

Print the results in the format shown below. The $x$ symbols should be replaced with letters and the ### symbols should

be replaced with word counts. The dashed line should be $16$ characters long. Allot $12$ characters for the word column

and $4$ characters for the count column. The word column should be left$-$aligned and the count column should be right$-$

aligned. The desired alignments can be obtained using f$-$strings.

The rows in your output should be arranged so that the letter column is in increasing order from a to $z.$

This function should not return any value.

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