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

Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points
Posted by Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points

is there a problem with my code? [Solved]

my code works in pycharm, which is the IDE i use to test before submitting answers to get error messages more clearly. I dont know if I was expected to use the ** method to pack in the function or if im missing something. any help would be appreciated

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(sentence):
    sentence=sentence.lower()
    words=sentence.split(' ')
    result = dict((word,words.count(word))for word in words)
    return result

2 Answers

Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points
Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points

nevermind! i figured out the split whitespace was incorrect.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

For the benefit of other readers, to split on "all whitespace" the argument to "split" should be either left empty or set to None.