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

Posted by Dimitris Alexandridis
Dimitris Alexandridis
1,919 Points

Cannot find what is wrong with my code

I cannot find what's wrong with my script. When I input the test string ("I do not like it Sam I Am"), I get the expected output. However, the challenge returns an error saying "didn't get the 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):
    word_list = string.lower().split(" ")
    dictionary = {}
    for word in word_list:
        try:
            dictionary[word] += 1
        except KeyError:
            dictionary[word] = 1
    return dictionary

1 Answer

Stephen Cole
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Stephen Cole
Courses Plus Student 15,809 Points
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Courses Plus Student 15,809 Points

Try changing the split(" ") to split() as it will gather all white space and treat it as a single separator.