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Adam Betker
2,122 PointsKeep getting same vague error, can't pass challenge. The code works great in my IDE however... just not on treehouse.
This code "passes" when I run it through Pycharm on my MAC. No matter what I do or try, the code fails in the Treehouse program. The error says it did not receive the correct word count. PyCharm disagrees.... Can some one explain what I am doing wrong?
# E.g. word_count("I am that I am") gets back a dictionary like:
# {'i': 2, 'am': 2, 'that': 1}
# Lowercase the string to make it easier.
# Using .split() on the sentence will give you a list of words.
# In a for loop of that list, you'll have a word that you can
# check for inclusion in the dict (with "if word in dict"-style syntax).
# Or add it to the dict with something like word_dict[word] = 1.
ship_song = "I am that I am"
def word_count(ship_song):
words_found = {}
ship_song = ship_song.lower()
words = ship_song.split(' ')
for word in words:
if word in words_found.keys():
words_found[word] = (int(words_found[word]) + 1)
else:
words_found[ word] = "1"
return words_found
1 Answer
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 PointsHey! The problem is that the values are expected to be ints not strings
# try it without the ""
words_found[ word] = 1
Adam Betker
2,122 PointsRock on Jeremiah! I swore I had found a bug in the challenge.... I was too quick to assume. Excellent work man.
Adam Betker
2,122 PointsAdam Betker
2,122 Points```/Users/splice/miniconda3/bin/python /Users/splice/PycharmProjects/List_Swap/quiz {'that': '1', 'am': 2, 'i': 2}
Process finished with exit code 0```
Here's my output when I run the code through Pycharm. It appears to pass the requirements. Do other people agree? My apologies if I'm going about this all wrong, this is the first example where I'm truly stumped. I appreciate and constructive comments that can be made.