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

Posted by Sebastian Knell
Sebastian Knell
927 Points

Help Please. It's the second time I ask

I want to create a dict from two lists, but I can't. Help

wordcount.py 
def word_count(string):
    list_1 = string.lower().split()
    for item in list_1:
        list_2 = list_1.count(item)
    my_dict = dict(zip(list_1, list_2))
    return my_dict

1 Answer

Nathan Garcia
Nathan Garcia
9,098 Points
Nathan Garcia
Nathan Garcia
9,098 Points

Hi, I'm just a student like you so there might be a better way to do this. Here's what I did:

def word_count(my_string):
    # convert the string to lower case
    my_string = my_string.lower()

    # convert the string to a list
    my_list = my_string.split()

    # count the words and create the dictionary
    # key = word in list
    # value = times word appears
    my_dict = {}
    for i in my_list:
        word_count = my_list.count(i)
        my_dict.update({i:word_count})
    return my_dict

I like to make the comments first then fill it out with the code. Good luck on your quest.