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Michael Davis
Courses Plus Student 12,508 PointsPython Collections Challenge
For the challenge, my code works in Workspace using the given example, however it fails when being submitted.
The error message I'm getting is:
Bummer! Hmm, didn't get the expected output. Be sure you're lowercasing the string and splitting on all whitespace!
It doesn't give me any information that would allow me to debug my work, so I have nothing to go on here.
Any help is appreciated.
# 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(msg):
words = msg.lower()
words.split()
wordDict = {}
for s in words:
try:
wordDict[s] = wordDict[s] + 1
except KeyError:
wordDict[s] = 1
return wordDict
2 Answers
Michael Davis
Courses Plus Student 12,508 PointsSolved it, I was missing a variable assignment. One of the mutations to the string I assumed was a destructive mutation (modified the string itself), when it actually made a copy that I needed to capture.
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsit tells you to split on all whitespace. you are only splitting on the space character. other whitespace characters include newlines and tabs among others. split on () instead of (" ").
Michael Davis
Courses Plus Student 12,508 PointsI made the change from .split(" ") to .split() and received the same error.