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

Posted by MATTHEW AKROYD
MATTHEW AKROYD
3,982 Points

I want this to print all on one line

I have the code down so it runs correctly i just wanted to know how to make it print all on one line.

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(arg):
    #something to iterate through string
    new_list = arg.split()
    word_dict = {}
    #count how many times a word is in the string 
    for item in new_list:
        instances = new_list.count(item)
        word_dict.update({item.lower():instances})
        print word_dict

    #put into dict


word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am")

1 Answer

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

You put the print in cycle and forgot parentheses for print.

def word_count(arg):
    #something to iterate through string
    new_list = arg.split()
    word_dict = {}
    #count how many times a word is in the string 
    for item in new_list:
        instances = new_list.count(item)
        word_dict.update({item.lower():instances})
    print (word_dict)

word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am")