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

Han Li
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Word Count

Hi,

I got the following error in the challenge task.

Bummer: Hmm, didn't get the expected output. Be sure you're lowercasing the string and splitting on all whitespace!

Please help me!

Thanks, Ross

wordcount.py 
def word_count(string):
    word_count_dict = {}
    for word in string.lower().split(" "):
        try:
            word_count_dict[word] += 1
        except KeyError:
            word_count_dict[word] = 1
    return word_count_dict

1 Answer

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Ross Peace

Your syntax is correct.
Now, the clue to the problem is in the error you received. It says to make sure you are "splitting on all whitespace", but your code is splitting on only spaces (new lines, tabs, etc are also whitespace).
Remember, to split on all whitespace, you don't pass any parameters into the method.

Once you fix that up, the rest is great.

Nice work! :) :dizzy: