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Python

Posted by Rufus Mathews
Rufus Mathews
3,653 Points

Why isn't my word count function working? It is giving the correct output but it isn't being accepted.

Here is my code:

def word_count(string):
    lst = (string.lower()).split(" ")
    dc = {}
    for item in lst:
        num = lst.count(item)
        dc["{}".format(item)] = "{}".format(num)
    return dc

When this code is run using the string provided in the question ("I do not like it Sam I Am"), it gives the exact same output ({'i': '2', 'do': '1', 'not': '1', 'like': '1', 'it': '1', 'sam': '1', 'am': '1'} ). I'm not sure why it isn't being accepted by treehouse though.

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Why are the values strings? They should be integers.

Replace this line:

dc["{}".format(item)] = "{}".format(num)

With this:

dc["{}".format(item)] = num

Also, I believe that you need to split on all whitespace, not just spaces. Try using .split() instead of .split(" ").

Rufus Mathews
Rufus Mathews
3,653 Points

Thanks, this really cleared things up.