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C# C# Collections Sets and Dictionaries Using Dictionaries

Radu - Adrian Buha
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Radu - Adrian Buha
Courses Plus Student 5,535 Points

In Using Dictionaries, I have a question for the second challenge.

Hello,

Apparently, I don't seem to get the value from the Dictionary. What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks in advance!

LexicalAnalysis.cs
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class LexicalAnalysis
    {
        public Dictionary<string, int> WordCount = new Dictionary<string, int>();

        public void AddWord(string word)
        {
            int count = 0;
            if(WordCount.ContainsKey(word))
            {
                WordCount[word] = WordCount[word] + 1; 
            }
            else if(!(WordCount.ContainsKey(word)))
            { 
                WordCount.Add(word,count+1);
            }
        }

        public Dictionary<string, int> WordsWithCountGreaterThan (int counter){
            Dictionary<string, int> WordsWithGreaterCounter = new Dictionary<string,int>();

            foreach(KeyValuePair<string,int> searchedWord in WordCount){

                if(WordCount[searchedWord.Value] > counter){
                WordsWithGreaterCounter.Add(searchedWord.Key,searchedWord.Value);
               }
            }
            return WordsWithGreaterCounter;
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're so close! But when you check the count of each word you index the dictionary using the value ("WordCount[searchedWord.Value]") but dictionaries are indexed using keys. And while changing "Value" to Key" will allow the code to pass the challenge, there's an even better solution. Since you already have the value, just use it directly in the comparison instead of using the key to look the value up again in the dictionary.