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

Posted by Serj Kondrashov
Serj Kondrashov
10,610 Points

It works in python3 shell but not in test

When I run in python shell: word_count("I do not like it Sam I Am") I get: {'am': 1, 'do': 1, 'sam': 1, 'i': 2, 'like': 1, 'it': 1, 'not': 1} But I get an error in test: Bummer! Hmm, didn't get expected values...

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(sentence):
    words = sentence.lower().split(' ')
    answer = {}
    for word in words:
        if word in answer:
            answer[word] += 1
        else:
            answer[word] = 1

    return answer

1 Answer

Serj Kondrashov
Serj Kondrashov
10,610 Points

Thank You, it works