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

Posted by Ethan Haezebroeck
Ethan Haezebroeck
16,767 Points

What is wrong with my code?

I tried my code in IDLE and it works fine, but when I copy and paste it over to Treehouse it tells me it didn't get the correct output.

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(string):
    lower_string = string.lower()
    words = lower_string.split(" ")
    word_dict = {}
    for word in words:
        try:
            word_dict[word] += 1
        except KeyError:
            word_dict[word] = 1

    return word_dict

1 Answer

Ethan Haezebroeck
Ethan Haezebroeck
16,767 Points

Thank you! Haha I couldn't figure it out for the longest time.