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

Simon Tham
Simon Tham
1,555 Points
Posted by Simon Tham
Simon Tham
1,555 Points

word_count()

I don't understand why my code don't work. I have tried it in the terminal and it works fine there. I did not solve the problem on my own. I found another post with similar code and took the "get(word, 0) + 1" part from that.

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):
    list_string = string.lower().split()
    dict = {}

    for word in list_string:
        dict[word] = dict.get(word, 0) + 1

    return dict
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hi Simon Tham! I just pasted your code into the challenge and it passed. I tried twice, so I think it's probably a bug that the code won't pass on your end. I would recommend just redoing the challenge. :) Hope this helps and happy coding!