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ishakahmed
11,359 PointsI'm getting an Error despite getting the correct answer in the Python Shell. I properly lowercased and split the string.
# 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(string):
dictionary = {}
string = string.lower()
string_list = string.split(' ')
string_set = set(string_list)
for word in string_set:
dictionary[word] = string_list.count(word)
return dictionary
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 PointsYou are very close. In the test data for this challenge, the words may be separated by tabs or multiple spaces. Therefore it is better to split on WHITESPACE then splitting on a literal SPACE. To split on WHITESPACE, use the split() method with no argument.
Nathan Rolf
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,118 PointsNot having any debugging information besides the "Bummer!" message is not teaching good debugging techniques. Also, not providing the right answer and/or explanations for quiz answers is very frustrating. That isn't growth.
Nathan Rolf
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,118 PointsNathan Rolf
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,118 PointsIf we could see the test cases beforehand, we can account for them in our testing. With the vague errors given by the code interface, it is very frustrating to try and debug. This is a major pain.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 PointsI agree. It can be very frustrating when the test case isn't obvious from the description!
While painful, it is these lessons that you get the most growth from. The difference between whitespace and a literal space is now yours forever!
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