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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Word Count

Posted by Clainos Machemedze
Clainos Machemedze
1,330 Points

code challenge on word count

am getting an error on this code cant figure out where am getting it wrong

wordcount.py 
# E.g. word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am") gets back a dictionary like:
# {'i': 2, 'do': 1, 'it': 1, 'sam': 1, 'like': 1, 'not': 1, 'am': 1}
# Lowercase the string to make it easier.
def word_count(str):
    str = str.lower()
    word_dict = dict()
    words = str.split()

    for word in words:
        word_dict[word] = words.count[word]

    return word_dict

1 Answer

Mustafa Başaran
Mustafa Başaran
28,045 Points
Mustafa Başaran
Mustafa Başaran
28,045 Points

count() is a built-in method and it is not subscriptable as the python shells throws out it in the error message. So, please try replacing the square brackets with parantheses:

for word in words:
        word_dict[word] = words.count(word)

Then it should work.