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cyjung
3,105 PointsBummer! Where's `word_count()`?
I have no idea what is wrong with this. It seems to be working okay.
# E.g. word_count("I am that I am") gets back a dictionary like:
# {'i': 2, 'am': 2, 'that': 1}
# Lowercase the string to make it easier.
# Using .split() on the sentence will give you a list of words.
# In a for loop of that list, you'll have a word that you can
# check for inclusion in the dict (with "if word in dict"-style syntax).
# Or add it to the dict with something like word_dict[word] = 1.
def word_count(string):
work = string.lower()
work = work.split()
a = 0
work1 = work[:]
for s in work:
while s in work1:
a += 1
work1.remove(s)
dic[s]=a
work1 = work[:]
a=0
return dic
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crosscheckking
25,155 PointsI got it to work after I defined 'dic'. Other than adding dic = {}, your code works fine. Nice work.
def word_count(string):
work = string.lower()
work = work.split()
a = 0
work1 = work[:]
dic = {}
for s in work:
while s in work1:
a += 1
work1.remove(s)
dic[s]=a
work1 = work[:]
a=0
return dic
crosscheckking
25,155 Pointscrosscheckking
25,155 PointsAlso, it is best to avoid the use of single letter variable names. This is only because there will be times in the future where this could make things difficult, such as with the Python Debugger (pdb) where it can take single letters as input for debugging. It is best to name the variables with easily-identifiable names. Other than that, keep up the good work! P.s. I know for some of these I do simple variable names just to save time while typing, but just thought I would bring it up(: