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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Word Count

reza sajadian
reza sajadian
718 Points
Posted by reza sajadian
reza sajadian
718 Points

Can anybody help me with my quiz?

This is my quiz:

Create a function named word_count() that takes a string. Return a dictionary with each word in the string as the key and the number of times it appears as the value.

and this is my answer:

my_dict = {}

def word_count(string):

  stn_string = string.lower()
  mylist = stn_string.split()
  replist = mylist[:]              # replist(as of replicated list) Keeps the original listed string intact
  for word in replist:
      if word in my_dict:
        my_dict[word] += 1
      else:
        my_dict[word] = 1
  break
return my_dict

2 Answers

Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Reza;

Take a look at the great answer Tree Casiano provided on this question in this post.

Hope it helps and happy coding,
Ken

reza sajadian
reza sajadian
718 Points
reza sajadian
reza sajadian
718 Points

Thanks Ken. It was completely helpful. thumbs up.

Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Pleased it helped and welcome to Treehouse!

:thumbsup: