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

William Forbes
William Forbes
21,469 Points
Posted by William Forbes
William Forbes
21,469 Points

Anybody have any clue here? I have tested and I am getting expected output?

Anybody have any clue here? I have tested and I am getting expected output?

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_Words = string.lower().split(" ")
    word_Dict = {}  
    for word in string_Words:
        word_Dict[word] = string_Words.count(word)
    return word_Dict

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

2 Answers

reanimator313
reanimator313
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reanimator313
reanimator313
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def word_count(string):
    string_Words = string.lower().split() # splitting on all whitespace! (example "Tab")
    word_Dict = {}  
    for word in string_Words:
        word_Dict[word] = string_Words.count(word)
    return word_Dict
William Forbes
William Forbes
21,469 Points
William Forbes
William Forbes
21,469 Points

Well.... Im not very bright. Thank you !!!