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Christoph Ruepprich
2,887 PointsMy output is correct, but my answer isn't accepted.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
The error is: "Bummer: Hmm, didn't get the expected output. Be sure you're lowercasing the string and splitting on all whitespace!"
# 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.
starg = "I want the apple the orange the banana"
dictionary = {}
def word_count(string):
string = string.lower().split(" ")
for item in string:
if item in dictionary:
dictionary[item] = dictionary[item] + 1
else:
dictionary[item] = 1
return dictionary
varb = word_count(starg)
print (varb)
1 Answer
Alycia Bruen
550 PointsJust put the dictionary into the function