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

Luis Miguel Hernandez
Luis Miguel Hernandez
4,266 Points
Posted by Luis Miguel Hernandez
Luis Miguel Hernandez
4,266 Points

Help whit the return!

I tried the code in my local environment and it works, please help me

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(text):

    dictionary = {}
    word_list = text.lower().split(' ')

    for letter in word_list:
        try:
            count = dictionary[letter] + 1
            dictionary.update({letter:count})
        except:
            dictionary.update({letter:1})

    return dictionary

1 Answer

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points

Use .split() to remove all whitespaces, for example, check this in your variant first: "Bla bla bla".

word_list = text.lower().split()