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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Word Count

Posted by Af Mondal
Af Mondal
2,437 Points

not getting the right count of words

I am confused. It seems to me that I am doing right but challenge is saying that count of word is not same for some words. What is wrong....

 def word_count(string):
    my_list = {}
    a = string.split(" ")
    for word in a:
        value = len(word)
        my_list[word] = value
   return my_list

1 Answer

Andy Swinford
Andy Swinford
8,152 Points
Andy Swinford
Andy Swinford
8,152 Points

I think this is the one where it wants you to count how many times a word is used and not how many characters each word has. See my answer below.

def word_count(string): 
    my_list = {} 
    a = string.split() 

    for word in a: 
        if word not in my_list:
            my_list[word] = 1
        else:
            my_list[word] += 1
    return my_list
Af Mondal
Af Mondal
2,437 Points

Thanks andy it worked.