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

Viktoras Domarkas
Viktoras Domarkas
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Posted by Viktoras Domarkas
Viktoras Domarkas
1,038 Points

wordcount. Seem to work, but cannot pas

This program seem to work on my python 3.6 editor, but on workspaces I get "Bummer!"

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):
    string = (string.lower()).split()
    dictionary = {}
    i = 1
    for word in string:
        if word not in dictionary:
            dictionary.update({word: i})
        else:
            dictionary.update({word: i+1})
    return(dictionary)

4 Answers

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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your code works as long as there are no more than 2 of a given word in the string. as a test case, try this: "I do not i i i not like sam sam like it Sam I Am". it will return that there are 2 i's when there are 5. this is because in your else block, the value of the word key is set to i + 1, and since i is not modified, i + 1 is always 2. you have a workable idea, just tweak it a little.

Viktoras Domarkas
Viktoras Domarkas
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Viktoras Domarkas
Viktoras Domarkas
1,038 Points

Thank You so much james south and MR.7, not only helping with this particular exercise, but for all of that useful information that I'll look into

Donald Tam
Donald Tam
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Donald Tam
Donald Tam
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dict={} key = None value = None

def word_count(string): list = string.split()

for i in list:
    key = i.lower()

    if key in dict:

        value = dict[key]+1

        dict.update({key:value})

    else:
        dict.update({key:1})



return(dict)

word_count("I do not i i i not like sam sam like it Sam I Am")

Hi Mr james south or any other

would you pls also help to advise where I go wrong??

MR. 7
MR. 7
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Donald Tam, have you solved this challenge?

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