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Danilo Livassan
2,199 PointsI dont get why my code dont pass
def word_count(phrase):
if type(phrase) is not str:
return None
phrase = phrase.lower().strip()
phrase = phrase.replace(',', ' ')
phrase = phrase.replace('.', ' ')
dict_words = {}
phrase = phrase.split(' ')
for word in phrase[:]:
if word != ' ' and word != '':
if word in dict_words:
dict_words[word] += 1
else:
dict_words[word] = 1
return dict_words
#There is my code
# 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(phrase):
if type(phrase) is not str:
return None
phrase = phrase.lower().strip()
phrase = phrase.replace(',', ' ')
phrase = phrase.replace('.', ' ')
dict_words = {}
phrase = phrase.split(' ')
for word in phrase[:]:
if word != ' ' and word != '':
if word in dict_words:
dict_words[word] += 1
else:
dict_words[word] = 1
return dict_words
1 Answer
Brendan Chamberlain
2,753 Pointshm it looks like your code works, not sure why it's not working. However it's a bit too complex. This worked for me:
def word_count(str): new_str = str.lower().split() return {i: new_str.count(i) for i in new_str}