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

Kostas Stankevicius
Kostas Stankevicius
7,169 Points
Posted by Kostas Stankevicius
Kostas Stankevicius
7,169 Points

Whats my mistake ?

Cant seem to understand whats wrong with my code, thanks

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(arg):
    count_dict = {}
    word_list = arg.split().lower()
    for word in world_list:
        count_dict.update({word:word_list.count(word)})
    return count_dict

2 Answers

Bryan Reed
Bryan Reed
11,747 Points
Bryan Reed
Bryan Reed
11,747 Points

You have to lowercase the string before you split it :)

word_list = arg.lower().split()

I also recommend creating a python file locally on your computer so you can test out and save the challenges in the terminal. You get much better feedback that way instead of just "bummer!"

Bryan Reed
Bryan Reed
11,747 Points

You misspelled word as world in your for loop.

Here's an example of what you would see the terminal if you ran this file on your own computer: File "project.py", line 75, in word_count for word in world_list: NameError: global name 'world_list' is not defined

Kostas Stankevicius
Kostas Stankevicius
7,169 Points
Kostas Stankevicius
Kostas Stankevicius
7,169 Points

Forgot to call the function in my terminal, Thank a lot !!

Bryan Reed
Bryan Reed
11,747 Points

Np!