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

Posted by Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

dictionaries

my code will not pass and i don't know exactly why. Any idea please?

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(string):
    string=string.lower()
    num_values=string.split()
    dict={key:num_values.count(key) for key in num_values}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points

You created a rather fancy solution there! But you forgot to return the "dict" you made.

Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

Thanks Steven