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

Posted by Sam Kim
Sam Kim
3,054 Points

Hi, I've tried this exact script in the workspace, and it seems to work there. Why won't it work here?

Any advice?

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(stringy):
    splitt = (stringy.lower()).split(' ')
    new_dict = {}
    for word in splitt:
        if word in new_dict.keys():
            new_dict[word] += 1
        else:
            new_dict.update({word:1})
    return new_dict

1 Answer

Sam Kim
Sam Kim
3,054 Points
Sam Kim
Sam Kim
3,054 Points

Never mind, everybody. I found the solution myself.