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Payam Mesgari
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,072 PointsI don't get it why the code returns the correct response for different inputs in the IDE and not here!
The return value is a dictionary and the count of the words are correct, why isn't it passing the challenge?
# 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(mystr):
mystr = mystr.lower()
split_str = mystr.split(' ')
c = 1
mydict = {}
for word in split_str:
if word in mydict.keys():
c += 1
mydict[word] = c
else:
c = 1
mydict[word] = c
return mydict
4 Answers
Evan Trimby
5,381 PointsI was splitting the same way so thanks for the info james south. Payam Mesgari Your problem is the variable you are using to add the count. It will never go above 2 the way you have it setup. I would recommend doing away with it and using mydict[word] += 1 .
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsthe error tells you to split on all whitespace, but you are splitting on the space character only. there are other whitespace characters such as tab. remove the argument to split to expand what is split on.
Payam Mesgari
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,072 PointsI have now split_str = mystr.split() But still the same.
Payam Mesgari
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,072 PointsEvan Trimby thanks! I already left a feedback on slack, the level of details on errors when a challenge fails is very low in Treehouse, and that is a bummer!