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

Dave Laffan
Dave Laffan
4,604 Points
Posted by Dave Laffan
Dave Laffan
4,604 Points

Word Count - Python Challenge

Hey

I have this code, but I'm getting the "Bummer! Try again!" error. I've written it in PyCharm and it populates the dictionary correctly, but can't see why the challenge won't accept it?

Could someone help please?

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(string):
    new_dict = {}
    new_list = string.lower().split()
    for x in new_list:
        new_dict.update({x: new_list.count(x)})
    return new_dict{}

2 Answers

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

replace 

return new_dict{}

with

return new_dict

FYI, you could write it like this as well:

def word_count(str):
    arr = str.lower().split()
    return {s: arr.count(s) for s in arr}


print word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am")
Dave Laffan
Dave Laffan
4,604 Points
Dave Laffan
Dave Laffan
4,604 Points

Brilliant! Thank you very much for the answer and quick reply.